cy- 


yC-NRLF 


^B    b3D    bSfl 


i;--   ... 


u 


/  '' 


>      ,    )    ,>    >      >  > 
>  1       }        1    >  )       ) 


J      J        J 


'       >   ,  ,  J 


>'.      > 


DR.    OWENS-ADAIR 


•  •  • 

.1 


•  •  •  • 

•  •    •  • 

•  •     •   •. 


•  • 


/ 

X 


A  Souvenir 


DR.   OWENS-ADAIR 


TO 


HER  FRIENDS 


Christmas    192 


i  ' . ' 


2' 


t..' : 


£         ■>    J  J  » 


■^f  ~>    t 


'  I' 


*   »      J 


t    3 


« « • 


« 
•  •  • 


.  V  ::«■•.•.. 


.« » » 


«       c 


:«':• 


«. «  »  «  « 
»  •  «  * 
»     «  * 

c 


c 
c  c 


*  «      *  / 

, c   cec  c 


STATESMAN  PUBLISHING  CO. 
SALEM. OREGON 
1922 


4 


''i^yy 


J . »  .i  y 


>  '  J  * . 


o 


J  J   3 
3  , 


->•», 


»        »     * 


^      J        >    J 

,  '       >      3    ,  J 


DR.    OWENS-ADAIR 


c 
.  c 


t     c 
c  c 

c 


c    c 


A  Souvenir 


In  publishing  this  little  volume  I  have  a  threefold  purpose : 

First:  to  preserve  in  a  pretty  little  booklet  some  of  the 
beautiful  reviews  of  the  "first  child  of  my  brain'' — for  what 
can  be  more  greatly  prized  and  appreciated  than  the  favorable 
expressions  from  men  and  women  of  letters.  And  the  gem 
letters  of  those  who  have  known  and  loved  you.  Those  are  the 
sentimental  tokens  of  love  and  affection  that  reach  down  into 
the  depths  of  the  soul  with  a  gentle  and  soothing  touch,  the 
influences  of  which  are  beyond  all  telling. 

Second :  it  is  my  design  that  this  little  offering  shall  be  a 
love  token,  or  souvenir,  for  my  friends,  that  I  may  not  be  for- 
gotten. 

Third :  Old  age  as  a  rule  is  not  over  blessed  with  sunshine 
and  happiness.  And  yet,  as  to  that,  much  depends  upon  our- 
selves. And  when  I  am  relegated  to  the  chimney  corner — 
twenty,  thirty  or  forty  years  hence — when  time  has  shortened 
my  memory,  what  could  bring  me  more  pleasure  than  to  read 
and  re-read  those  beautiful  and  priceless  letters.  Every  one 
of  them  would  bring  me  a  flood  of  precious  memories?,  lenabling 
me  to  live  over  and  over  again  my  past  life.  And  by  furnishing'  ' 
me  with  wholesome  and  elevating  thoughts  and  fQp(J.;fMr; Jay;  >,  j ,;, 
declining  body  and  tired  brain,  bringing  me  pleasure,  happiness 
and  consolation. 

I  hope  and  believe  that  under  such  conditions  my  life  will 
flow  on  and  on  like  a  calm  and  peaceful  river  to  the  end  of 
a  perfect  day. 

DR.  OWENS-ADAIR. 


)  J  > 


880273 


•I  •    • 


t       c 

•  ••*•«•'    ? 


Reviews 

"First  Child  of  My  Brain" 

Portland,  Ore.,  Dec.  3,  1906. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair, 

Warrenton,  Ore 
Dear  Madam: 

I  regret  very  much  that  it  was  impossible  to  publish- yesterday  the 
review  of  your  book.  We  had  an  unusual  rush  of  matter  for  the 
Sunday  paper  and  at  the  same  time  a  bad  congestion  in  the  composing 
room,  with  the  result  that  ten  or  twelve  columns  of  matter  were 
crowded  out. 

I  will  run  the  review  of  the  book  either  imm,ediately  upon  hearing 
from  you  or  in  the  book  department  next  Sunday  (Dec.  9),  as  you 
prefer.  My  suggestion  is  that  it  run  Sunday,  but  if  for  any  reason 
you  are  anxious  for  earlier  publication  please  let  me  know.  Allow 
me  to  compliment  you  on  the  excellence  of  the  work.  The  book  is 
very  interesting  and  should  have  many  readers. 

If  we  do  not  publish  the  review  until  Sunday  I  should  be  glad  to 
have  a  photograph  of  yourself  to  run  with  it.  Have  you  one  that 
you  could  let  me  have  by  Thursday  or  Friday? 

Regretting  the  delay  that  has  occurred,  I  am 

Yours  respectfully, 

GEORGE  M.  TROWBRIDGE, 

Editor. 


Portland  .Journal. 


THE  OREGON  JOURNALi  '      ^    ^^  ^    V\  !-  \  j   /, 


Sunday,  Dec.  9,  190  6  '    ' 

DR.  OWENS-ADAIR:  SOME  OF  HER  LIFE  EXPERIENCES.  It  will 
be  gratifying  to  the  many  friends  of  Dr.  Owens-Adair  to  know 
that  her  book,  to  whose  publication  they  have  been  looking  forward 
so  anxiously,  has  been  given  to  the  public.  It  will  be  no  surprise  to 
learn  that  it  is  replete  with  broad  experience,  and  homely  philosophy, 
and  that  it  is  written  with  the  fine  literary  skill  which  was  expected 
of  the  author. 

Dr.  Owens-Adair  came  from  sturdy  pioneer  stock;  her  parents  were 
among  that  courageous  host  who  took  up  the  westward  march  from 
Kentucky,  resting  in  Missouri,  and  then  pressing  on,  ever  and  ever 
westward  to  the  Pacific.  Born  in  Missouri,  Dr.  Owens-Adair  reached 
Oregon  in  an  emigrant  wagon  in  1843  with  her  parents  who  settled 
on  Clatsop  Plains,  and  from  that  day  to  this  she  has  been  a  central 
figure  in  the  making  of  Oregon  History. 

The  first  hundred  pages  of  the  book  are  devoted  to  a  close  personal 
history  of  the  events  of  the  author's  life,  in  reading  which  one  is 
forced  to  return  to  the  old  axiom  that  "truth  is  stranger  than  fiction.'* 


A       SOUVENIR  Christmas  NmeU-en^Twenty-two 


There  is  enough  joy  and  sorrow,  romance  and  tragedy  there  to  supply 
the  most  prolific  fiction  writer  for  a  lifetime.  Married  when  a  child, 
and  with  a  baby  in  her  arms  at  eighteen,  she  returned  to  her  father's 
home  for  protection  and  support.  It  was  a  loving  home,  but  the  spirit 
of  the  new  dispensation  was  upon  this  noble  woman,  and  she  took  up 
the  struggles  of  life  as  soon  as  her  broken  health  permitted.  At  that 
time  she  could  scarcely  read  and  write,  and  leaving  her  little  boy  to 
her  good  mother's  care  during  the  day,  she  started  to  school  in  com- 
pany with  her  younger  brothers  and  sisters.  She  says:  "At  the 
end  of  my  first  four  months'  term  I  had  finished  the  third  reader." 

iSlowly,  from  this  time,  she  forged  ahead,  getting  enough  educa- 
tion to  take  a  tiny  school,  and  what  was  more  stimulating,  the  first 
taste  of  independence  that  comes  with  being  a  wage-earner.  The 
whole  story  of  her  life,  as  she  battles  with  adverse  circumstances  and 
conquers,  is  a  tale  of  womanly  devotion  and  heroic  courage  that  should 
be  a  lesson  and  an  inspiration  to  those  women  of  today  who  feel  life's 
burdens  weighing  upon  them. 

By  the  time  Dr.  Owens-Adair's  son  was  old  enough  to  become  a 
small  wage-earner,  she  had  made  ready  to  go  East  to  procure  a  medical 
education.  This  meant  almost  social  ostracism  at  that  time;  and 
when,  some  years  later,  she  returned  to  her  beloved  Oregon — the  first 
woman  in  the  state  with  a  medical  diploma — she  had  no  well  organ- 
ized woman's  medical  association  to  welcome  her.  And  here  again,  in 
a  new  field,  single-handed  and  alone,  she  made  the  first  battle  for 
woman's  recognition  in  the  professional  ranks  of  the  state. 

"y.  ;'-^side".frbhil  J:h^  ifatense  interest  of  the  book,  it  has  a  distinct  histor- 
ic&'l'  value;  foi"  the*  writer  has  not  confined  herself  to  the  facts  and 
•  •  ex,pe.T»iepces  of  herpwn'.life,  but  has  woven  into  the  work  incidents  and 
•.•^;lji'og.Fa:p'.hicdi  Hke^tcfhfes- .ot  a  host  of  pioneer  people — some  of  whom  have 
passed  on,  but  many  are  still  with  us  whose  names  will  be  met  in  the 
book.  One  of  the  most  valuable  features  of  the  work  will  be  found 
In  the  many  letters  from  prominent  people  who  took  active  part  in  the 
strenuous  times  of  state-building  in  Oregon.  In  the  construction  of 
the  book  the  author  has  adopted  a  pleasing  literary  style,  keeping  her 
facts  free  from  egotism,  and  the  tiresome  detail  which  often  charac- 
terizes pioneer  history. 

The  book  is  well  illustrated  with  many  portraits,  and  is  finely 
bound  and  got  up  in  a  neat,  presentable  style,  which  is  peculiarly 
gratifying,  as  it  is  the  work  of  a  Portland  firm,  Mann  &  Beach. 
Price  $1.50. 


^^"^'"^^ VTr tTev Jn"'"'"'*"^  A    SOUVENIR 


THE   OREGONIAN 

Sunday,  Dec.  23,  1906 

DR.  OWENS-ADAIR:  SOME  OF  HER  LIFE  EXPERIEJ^CES.  Illus- 
trated. Mann  &  Beach,  and  the  J.  K.  Gill  Co.,  Portland,  Ore. 
As  a  woman  physician,  public  speaker  and  writer,  Dr.  Adair  has  had  a 
career  so  noteworthy  and  useful  to  her  day  and  generation  that  her 
autobiography  has  all  the  charm  of  a  novel.  For  her  life  has  been 
an  unusual  one;  the  experiences  which  fate  has  dealt  out  t.o  her  have 
fallen,  surely,  to  the  lot  of  few  women. 

Although  Dr.  Adair  was  born  in  1840  in  Van  Buren  county,  Mo., 
she  must  be  considered  as  a  daughter  of  Oregon,  for  her  father  and 
mother  crossed  the  plains  with  her  in  the  first  emigrant  wagons  of 
1843,  and  settled  in  Clatsop  county,  Oregon,  near  the  mouth  of  the 
Columbia  river.     She  goes  on  to  say: 

"My  grandmother  Owens  was  of  German  descent,  a  rather  small, 
but  executive  woman,  who  took  charge  of,  and  ably  administered  the 
affairs  of  the  plantation  during  my  grandfather's  absence — which  was 
most  of  the  time.  She  was  precisely  the  kind  of  woman  President 
Roosevelt  most  admires — a  woman  of  energy,  industry  and  capability 
in  managing  her  home  affairs,  and  the  mother  of  twelve  children,  all 
of  whom  grew  to  maturity,  married  and  went  on  giving  vigorous  sons 
and  daughters  to  this  young  and  growing  republic." 

Think  of  a  girl  being  married  at  about  fourteen  years  old!  Yet 
this  is  what  happened  to  Dr.  Owens-Adair.  She  was  twice  married. 
In  speaking  of  her  domestic  affairs,  she  does  so  with  courage  and 
sterling  fidelity,  and  it  is  instructive  to  note  the  wise  fortitude  and 
calmness  with  which  she  met  tribulations.  Would  that  we  could  all 
do  so,  and  thereby  follow  the  example  of  this  honored  Oregon  pioneer 
in  rising  superior  to  the  petty  ills  of  daily  life. 

Beginning  with  household  work  in  her  father's  house,  the  future 
physician  became  a  farmer's  wife,  and  was,  successively,  a  school 
teacher,  a  milliner  and  a  physician.  Often  her  path  was  through 
tears,  anguish  and  abuse;  but  the  dauntless  spirit  of  the  woman 
kept  on. 

In  preparing  such  a  helpful  book.  Dr.  Owens-Adair  desired  to 
assist  in  the  preservation  of  the  early  history  of  Oregon,  and  to  show 
how  pioneer  women  labored  and  struggled  to  gain  an  entrance  into 
the  various  avenues  of  industry,  and  to  make  it  respectable  to  earn 
her  honest  bread  beside  her  brother,  man.  This  promise  has  been 
fulfilled  to  the  letter. 

Dr.  Owens-Adair's  reminiscences  of  early  Portland — where  she 
made  her  home  for  a  number  of  years — are  most  interesting,  and  the 
same  remark  applies  to  Astoria.  Her  book  of  537  pages  is  also  valua- 
ble for  its  sketches  of  Oregon  pioneers  whose  lives  have  been  entwined 
with  the  best  interests  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

This  is  a  book  emphatically  worth  reading.  There  isn't  a  dull  page 
anywhere. 


A    SOUVENIR  ^"^'"^^V^^^rTweVV*"'*"" 


MORNING  ASTORIAN 

December  1906 

FIRST  LITERARY  CHILD.  There  has  come  to  hand  in  this  office  a 
copy  of  the  first  book  ever  written  and  published  by  Dr.  Owens- 
Adair  of  this  county,  a  sterling  representative  of  one  of  the  great 
pioneer  families  of  Oregon.  The  book  bears  the  title,  "Dr.  Owens- 
Adair:  Some  of  Her  Life  Experiences,"  and  its  text  is  infinitely  true 
to  its  title.  As  one  reads,  one  can  hear  this  good  woman  talking; 
(those  who  ever  knew  her  and  know  her  speech  and  manner)  there  is 
the  same  wholesome,  straight-forward,  convincing  intelligence,  backed 
by  the  realistic  charm  the  truth  always  contributes  to  a  tale,  be  it  told 
in  speech  or  written.  The  book  is  handsomely  bound  in  cloth,  is  clearly 
printed  on  540  pages,  and  from  cover  to  cover  is  replete  with  interest- 
ing matter.  One  can  open  it  anywhere  and  find  something  at  once 
engaging  directly  under  the  eye.  It  contains  details  touching  the  lives 
of  eminent  Oregonians,  men  and  women,  with  an  occasional  pretty 
poem,  signalizing  some  person  or  event;  in  fact,  it  is  an  accession  to 
any  library,  and,  primarily,  to  every  Oregon  library  that  pretends  to 
hold  the  literature  of  Oregon. 


DAILY  BUDGET 

(Astoria) 

December  190  6 

ADVANCE  COPIES  OF  A  NEW  BOOK,  "Some  of  Her  Life  Experi- 
ences," together  with  a  number  of  historical  sketches  and  biogra- 
phies surrounding  the  early  history  of  Oregon  and  Astoria  in  particular, 
by  Dr.  Owens-Adair,  have  been  received  and  in  a  few  days  will  be  placed 
on  sale  in  the  various  book  stores.  The  work  which  comprises  a  vol- 
ume of  about  500  pages  is  the  result  of  years  of  compilation  and 
authentic  research.  The  early  life's  history  of  the  author  and  various 
tales  of  the  struggle  by  the  pioneer  men  and  women  who  first  blazed 
the  trail  of  civilization  in  this  great  state.  This  book  will  be  of 
inestimable  interest  to  those  who  wish  to  familiarize  themselves  with 
the  early  history  of  the  west,  and  Dr.  Owens-Adair  is  to  be  compli- 
mented for  its  timely  production. 


YAKIMA  HERALD 

December  1906 


DR.  OWENS-ADAIR'S  NEW  BOOK.  Many  of  the  people  of  the  Yakima 

valley   will   remember  Mrs.   Dr.    Owens-Adair,   for   several   years   a 

practitioner  in  this  city.     About  a  year  ago  she  retired  to  the  old  home 


Christmas^Nmeteen  Twenty-two  J^       SOUVENIR 


place  in  Clatsop  county,  Oregon,  where  with  her  husband  she  has 
since  lived  in  retirement.  She  has  used  her  spare  moments  in  writing 
a  book — her  first  publication — which  she  has  entitled  "Dr.  Owens- 
Adair:  Some  of  Her  Life  Experiences."  It  has  jnst  come  from  the 
hands  of  the  printer  in  neat  form.  The  book,  as  the  title  indicates, 
is  made  up  of  reminiscences  of  her  life  from  the  time  she  first  became 
an  observer  to  the  present  time,  and  is  written  in  an  excellent  and 
entertaining  manner.  While  she  unfolds  many  of  the  joys  and  sorrows 
strewn  along  life's  pathway,  she  also  has  much  relating  to  Oregon 
history,  which  she,  with  other  sturdy  women,  has  been  instrumental 
in  making. 

Married  at  an  early  age,  she  was  forced  to  return  to  her  father's 
home  for  support,  but  with  the  indomitable  spirit  of  the  times  she 
determined  to  become  self-supporting,  and  by  burning  the  midnight 
oil  soon  acquired  sufficient  education  to  teach  school.  She  kept  up 
her  studies,  together  with  her  teaching,  until  she  had  saved  sufficient 
funds  to  take  a  course  in  medicine  at  an  eastern  college.  After  gradu- 
ating with  honors,  she  returned  to  Oregon  to  practice,  and  after  recup- 
erating her  finances  again  went  east  for  a  post-graduate  course  and  a 
tour  of  Europe.  Since  then  her  life  has  been  devoted  to  the  practice 
of  her  beloved  profession.  , 

The  narrative  is  very  interesting  in  style  and  diction  and  the  facts 
are  given  without  any  view  to  self-praise  or  egotism.  The  book  would 
be  pleasing  to  anyone,  and  especially  so  to  those  who  have  ever  met 
Mrs.  Owens-Adair.  She  is  the  mother  of  Dr.  G.  J.  Hill  of  this  city, 
who  also  enters  somewhat  into  the  life  of  her  story. 


DR.  OWENS-ADAIR:  SOME  OF  HER  LIFE  EXPERIENCES.  Illustrat- 
ed.    Mann  &  Beach,  printers,  Portland,  and  the  J.  K.  Gill  Company 
Portland. 

Dr.  Owens-Adair  did  well  to  write  her  book,  for  many  reasons.  Of 
its  value  from  the  historical  viewpoint  there  can  be  no  doubt,  but  as 
a  story  of  human  interest  it  is  even  more  valuable.  At  14,  hardly 
more  than  a  child,  and  with  only  the  meagre  education  pioneer  life 
afforded  at  that  time,  Mrs.  Adair,  then  Mrs.  Hill,  became  wife  and  set 
up  housekeeping  in  a  shelter  that  could  scarcely  be  called  a  home. 
The  story  of  her  struggles  from  that  time  on  against  the  dilatory 
disposition  of  her  husband  and  his  evident  inclination  to  take  life  easy 
under  conditions  that  made  such  a  thing  impossible,  is  well  told  and 
deeply  interesting.  Then  came  her  divorce  which,  though  unavoidable, 
was  felt  by  her  friends  to  be  a  disgrace.  After  this,  with  her  little 
boy,  the  girl  of  18  went  to  work  to  support  herself  and  acquire  an 
education.  One  must  needs  admire  her  unshaken  perseverance  and 
phenomenal  industry.  She  educated  herself  to  the  point  of  being 
able  to  teach  school.  From  the  schoolroom  she  went  into  the  milli- 
nery business.     From  the  milliner's  shop  she  entered  a  medical  school 


A    SOUVENIR 


Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two 
Page  Fourteen 


and  in  due  time  came  l^ack  to  Oregon,  armed  with  her  diploma,  of 
which  she  made  good  use.  Several  years  later,  she  took  a  post-gradu- 
ate course  to  bring  her  "up  to  date,"  as  she  expresses  it,  then  went  to 
Europe  and  came  back  to  Portland  to  again  practice  her  profession. 

The  latter  part  of  the  book  is  devoted  to  records  and  correspond- 
ence relating  chiefly  to  prominent  or  typical  pioneers  of  early  Oregon 
days. 

As  a  story  of  what  one  plucky  girl  inspired  with  a  dogged  deter- 
mination to  overcome  all  obstacles  that  may  arise  in  her  chosen  path 
can  accomplish,  this  book  is  invaluable,  and  this  is  enhanced  by  its 
historical  features 


DAILY  OREGON  STATESMAN 

(Salem) 

MRS.  DR.  B.  A.  OWENS-ADAIR  of  Astoria  has  published  an  interest- 
ing little  volume  giving  a  history  of  her  life,  the  object  being  to 
illustrate  the  trials  and  struggles  of  the  pioneer  women  of  Oregon. 
The  book  is  well  written,  and  many  Oregon  literary  selections,  poems 
and  prose,  are  preserved,  proving  the  literary  ability  and  taste  of  the 
author.  Dr.  Owens-Adair  has  long  been  prominent  as  a  physician  in 
Oregon  and  Washington,  and  has  taken  part  in  temperance  work  and 
other  movements  of  interest  to  women,  so  that  she  is  no  stranger  to 
the  reading  public,  which  will  no  doubt  give  her  book  a  warm  welcome. 
Old  Oregonians  will  be  especially  interested  in  it. 


THE  WOMAN'S  TRIBUNE 

DR.  B.  A.  OWENS-ADAIR.  A  book  recently  from  the  press  of  Mann 
&  Beach  of  Portland,  relates  autobiographically  some  of  the  life 
experiences  of  one  of  Oregon's  pioneer  women  and  the  first  Oregon 
woman  graduate  in  medicine.  It  is  a  book  that  will  beguile  even 
the  busiest  reader  to  linger  over  the  pages  that  relate  as  thrilling 
a  life  story  as  ever  was  woven  into  a  romance.  Carrying  out  her 
purpose  to  assist  in  the  preservation  of  the  early  history  of  Oregon, 
the  author  has  added  to  her  own  reminiscences  short  sketches  with 
portraits  of  Sarah  Damron  Owens,  her  mother,  and  of  a  score  of 
women  whose  lives  have  been  inwrought  in  the  development  of  Ore- 
gon. The  closing  part  of  the  volume  is  devoted  to  excerpts  from 
speeches  and  contributions  to  periodicals,  all  of  which  are  of  lasting 
value,  as  they  touch  upon  local  happenings  with  a  philosophy  that 
makes  them  of  general  application. 

Bethenia  A,  Owens  was  born  February  7,  1840,  so  that  she  is 
not  yet  67  years  old,  yet  her  life  covers  a  change  in  the  condition 
of   women    as    marvelous   as    the    development    of    the    State    in    that 


Christmas^Nme^een  Twenty-two  ^       SOUVENIR 


period.  She  had  good  blood  back  of  her  and  that  always  tells,  not- 
withstanding that  each  soul  may  claim  its  heredity  from  God  and 
that  it  is  master  of  its  own  fate,  yet  even  the  ability  to  do  this  seems 
to  depend  very  largely  on  the  qualities  that  have  been  developed  in  its 
earthly  lineage.  Welsh,  German,  Irish  and  English  blood  distilled  in 
the  alembic  of  the  strenuous  and  thrilling  experiences  of  life  in  the 
New  World  should  give  a  fine  combination  with  which  to  conquer 
difficulties,  and  this  was  the  heritage  of  her  who  now  looks  over 
the  ground  and  seeks  to  show  "how  the  pioneer  woman  labored  and 
struggled  to  gain  an  entrance  into  the  various  avenues  of  industry, 
and  to  make  it  respectable  to  earn  her  honest  bread  by  the  side  of 
her  brother,  man." 

Gramiparents  Owens  and  Damron  had  proved  their  executive  ability 
and  courage  on  the  battlefield  and  by  the  fireside.  Grandmother 
Owens  had  twelve  children,  all  of  whom  came  to  maturity  and  mar- 
riage, but  Grandmother  Damron  died  young  with  her  husband  and  left 
six  to  battle  with  life  in  their  tender  years.  Of  these  Sarah  became 
Mrs.  Owens  and  followed  the  fortunes  of  her  husband  from  Kentucky 
to  Missouri.  Here  they  built  a  cabin  and  cultivated  their  land.  What 
a  picture  is  drawn  in  the  narrative  of  Mr.  Owens  ploughing;  the  oldest 
daughter  (afterwards  the  mother  of  Mrs.  Fulton,  wife  of  the  United 
States  Senator  from  Oregon),  sitting  in  a  little  chair  attached  to  the 
plow,  while  his  wife,  carrying  the  baby  in  her  arms,  dropped  seed  corn 
in  the  furrow.     That  baby  was  Bethenia. 

In  the  spring  of  184  3  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Owens,  with  their  children, 
joined  the  Emigration  for  Oregon.  The  story  of  their  trip  is  related 
by  Mrs.  Owens.  She  often  had  to  drive  the  five  teams  of  oxen  which 
drew  the  wagon  while  her  husband  led  the  party  in  quest  of  game. 
On  one  occasion  she  was  the  nurse  and  doctor  for  the  woman  who  was 
the  mother  of  the  first  child  born  in  that  emigration.  It  is  not  with 
Mrs.  Owens'  story  that  we  have  to  deal  save  as  it  shows  the  heredity 
from  which  Dr.  Owens-Adair  derived  some  sterling  traits  and  that 
women  did  their  full  part  in  settling  this  new  country  and  in  defending 
it  from  the  Indians. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Owens  settled  in  Clatsop  County,  near  the  mouth  of 
the  Columbia,  and  when  they  could  buy  wheat  Mrs.  Owens  parched 
it  in  a  skillet  and  ground  it  in  a  coffee-mill  to  make  flour  for  bread. 
She  planted  the  handful  of  flax-seed  she  had  brought  with  her, 
cutting  off  the  sod  and  stirring  up  well  the  subsoil  with  a  hoe,  that 
not  a  precious  grain  might  fail  to  germinate.  The  flax  from  the  first 
harvest  she  spun  on  a  home-made  wheel  and  this  gave  her  shoe  thread 
and  some  floss  for  comforts.  The  seed  carefully  saved  grew  larger 
crops  each  year  until  she  could  furnish  the  Indians  with  cord  for 
their  fish-nets,  receiving  in  exchange  chinook  salmon,  which  brought 
her  in  as  much  as  $150.00  a  year.  About  the  same  sum  she  used  to 
realize  from  the  cranberries  she  picked  and  sent  to  San  Francisco, 
and  then  there  were  cows  with  dairy  products,  and  from  this  time  the 


A         Q  /^  TT  T/  TT  i\7  T  7?  Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two 

Hill  


family  grew  wealthy,  as  wealth  was  counted  in  those  days.     Such  was 
the  life  of  the  pioneer  woman  in  Oregon. 

Of  all  this  active  life  Bethenia  had  a  part  and  with  all  was  the 
nurse,  seldom  being  without  a  child  in  her  arms,  and  more  clinging 
to  her.  One  of  her  amusements  was  to  climb  to  the  top  of  the  haymow 
and  then  slide  down  with  the  baby  in  her  arms  and  the  two  next 
younger  clinging  to  her.  When  she  was  12  years  old  she  had  the 
only  opportunity  of  her  childhood  to  attend  school,  a  three  months' 
school  being  held  in  their  neighborhood  that  winter.  She  with  all 
the  children  over  four  years  old  walked  the  two  miles  daily  with  the 
handsome  teacher  who  boarded  at  their  house.  Something  of  the 
determination  to  have  an  education  which  was  a  mastering  force 
in  her  life  afterwards  was  due  doubtless  to  the  inspiration  of  this 
beloved  teacher. 

In  1853  the  family  moved  to  Roseburg  to  have  more  room  for 
their  herds,  and  in  the  following  year  Bethenia,  when  but  a  child  of  14, 
married  a  man  named  Hill.  This  was  with  the  full  approval  of  her 
parents,  and,  young  as  she  was,  she  made  her  own  wedding  outfit, 
both  of  clothing  and  bedding.  That  they  had  to  begin  housekeeping 
in  a  small  cabin  and  with  scant  furnishings  did  not  cause  her  any 
uneasiness,  for  had  not  her  father  reached  Clatsop  with  only  fifty 
cents  in  his  pocket  and  left  it  ten  years  later  with  over  $20,000?  But 
Mt.  Hill  was  not  industrious  and  thrifty  like  Mr.  Owens,  and  no 
matter  how  hard  the  little  wife  worked  they  never  got  ahead,  and  after 
Mr.  Owens  had  given  them  several  starts,  and  reverses  had  embittered 
Mr.  Hill's  temper  so  that  he  used  violence  to  both  wife  and  baby,  she 
took  her  child  and  returned  to  her  parents.  Some  time  after  the  suit 
for  divorce  gave  her  the  custody  of  the  child  and  the  right  to  resume 
her  maiden  name. 

At  18  years  of  age  she  decided  to  obtain  some  book  learning,  and 
accordingly  walked  daily  with  her  younger  brothers  and  sisters  to  the 
excellent  school  in  Roseburg.  To  make  it  easier  for  her  mother,  with 
whom  she  left  her  child,  she  arose  early  to  aid  in  the  milking  and 
the  housework,  and  on  Saturdays  did  the  family  washing.  It  is  impos- 
sible not  to  linger  on  these  details  which  show  the  obstacles  which 
had  to  be  encountered  before  this  girl  could  obtain  that  education 
which  for  the  most  part  parents  now-a-days  are  begging  their  children 
to  take  with  no  hardships  to  endure. 

The  next  phase  in  this  effort  for  an  education  was  in  1860,  when 
she  visited  her  friend,  Mrs.  Munson  at  Oysterville,  Washington,  and 
accepted  her  offer  to  go  to  school.  She  aided  her  friend  with  the 
household  work  and  earned  money  for  her  necessary  expenses  by 
washing  in  the  evenings.  Later  she  was  with  her  sister  in  Astoria, 
where  she  taught  a  little  summer  school,  which  brought  her  in  $25. 
This  added  to  a  fund  from  the  sale  of  wild  blackberries,  which  she  had 
picked,  enabled  her  to  secure  a  small  room,  where  she  cared  for 
nephew    and    child    and    attended    the    school    with    them,    her    board 


Christm^asNinet^e^^n  Twenty-two  ^       SOUVENIR 


having  been  paid  by  her  summer's  work.     At  the  end  of  nine  months 
she  had  passed  into  most  of  the  advanced  classes. 

With  variations  this  was  the  story  of  the  next  four  years,  always 
working  to  meet  the  expenses  of  herself  and  child,  always  studying 
her  books  and  planning  to  better  her  condition  in  the  future.  At 
length  she  was  fitted  to  teach,  which  she  did  at  Bruceport,  in  the 
more  difficult  school  at  Oysterville  and  finally  in  Clatsop  at  $40.00 
a  month.  With  an  accumulated  fund  of  $400  she  bought  half  a  lot 
in  Astoria  and  built  a  three-roomed  cottage,  of  which  she  was  as 
proud  as  a  queen,  because  she  had  really  earned  it  herself. 

In  the  autumn  she  rented  her  cottage  and  took  a  stage  ride  to 
Roseburg  to  visit  her  relatives.  Here  she  was  persuaded  to  set  up  a 
dressmaking  and  millinery  establishment,  in  which  she  had  two  years 
of  uninterrupted  prosperity.  Then  a  new  milliner  came  to  the  growing 
town  and  this  one  had  all  the  latest  fashions  and  understood  all  the 
methods  of  the  trade.  Accidentally  Mrs.  Owens  saw  the  new  milliner 
and  her  husband  in  their  backyard,  and  learned  their  secrets  of 
bleaching  and  pressing.  Making  her  own  plaster  of  paris  blocks  from 
buckram  frames,  she  was  now  ready  to  meet  her  rival  on  her  own 
ground.  However,  she  determined  to  be  fully  master  of  her  business, 
so  she  spent  the  winter  of  1867  in  San  Francisco  with  the  best  milli- 
nery establishment  there.  When  she  returned  to  Roseburg  in  the 
spring,  she  brought  back  the  "creations"  on  which  she  had  been 
working,  ordered  a  show  window  in  the  front  of  her  little  store,  got 
out  her  printed  announcements,  was  ready  for  a  grand  opening,  and 
that  year  cleared  $1500. 

In  1871  she  took  up  the  study  of  Gray's  Anatomy,  spending  all 
her  spare  time  on  this,  while  she  planned  how  to  arrange  her  business 
so  as  to  take  a  course  in  medical  instruction.  A  few  of  her  men 
friends.  Dr.  Hamilton,  who  loaned  her  medical  works;  Hon.  S.  F. 
Chadwick,  who  told  her  to  go  ahead,  she  would  win;  and  the  Hon. 
Jesse  Applegate,  were  all  who  gave  her  any  encouragement  to  take 
such  a  radical  step,  but,  nothing  daunted,  she  arranged  to  leave  her 
business  and  go  to  Philadelphia  for  a  medical  education.  Her  rela- 
tives, her  women  friends  and  her  customers  all  thought  she  was 
crazy.  Two  of  the  latter  expostulating  with  her,  she  said  to  them: 
"You  will  change  your  mind  when  I  come  back  a  physician,  and  charge 
you  more  than  I  ever  have  for  hats  and  bonnets."  "Not  much," 
replied  the  lady.  "You  are  a  good  milliner,  but  I'll  never  have  a 
woman  doctor  about  me."  Both  these  ladies  afterwards  called  upon 
Dr.  Owens  for  professional  services  and  doubtless  they  have  patron- 
ized men  milliners,  or  will  find  themselves  obliged  to,  for  the  last 
census  showed  us  the  proportion  of  men  in  the  millinery  business 
increasing  much  faster  than  that  of  women. 

There  are  six  gre^t  trans-continental  lines  by  which  the  Oregonian 
may  reach  Philadelphia  now-a-days,  but  when  Dr.  Owens  set  forth  it 
was  In  the  California  overland  stage.     In  due  time  she  reached  Phila- 


A         Of  /^  TJ  J/  jr  A7  J  J?  Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two 


Page  Eighteen 


delphia,  matriculated  in  the  Eclectic  School  of  Medicine,  attended  lec- 
tures and  clinics  in  the  Blockeley  Hospital,  received  her  degree  and 
returned  to  Roseburg  to  wind  up  her  millinery  business,  and  then 
settled  in  Portland,  where,  in  connection  with  her  medical  practice 
she  established  electrical  and  medicated  baths,  the  first  of  the  kind  in 
the  city.  It  was  seventeen  years  since  she,  an  unlettered,  puny  child, 
had  fled  from  her  husband  with  her  two-year-old  baby  in  her  arms, 
and  every  step  in  the  way  she  had  won  by  her  own  indomitable  perse- 
verance and  industry.  This  son,  George,  was  now  ready  to  enter 
the  Medical  Department  of  the  Willamette  University,  where  she  main- 
tained him  until  he  graduated  and  then  set  him  up  in  pharmacy  at 
Goldendale, 

The  years  went  by  and  in  spite  of  living  well  and  helping  others 
she  had  a  surplus  of  $8000,  which  she  determined  to  spend  in  in- 
creasing her  knowledge.  In  1878  she  again  set  off  for  Philadelphia, 
"not  this  time  with  a  storm  without  and  within,  but  surrounded  with 
sunshine  and  followed  by  the  good  wishes  of  many  friends." 

Her  desire  was  to  enter  Jefferson  College,  so  she  applied,  following 
the  advice  of  Dr.  Hannah  Longshore,  to  Professor  Gross,  who,  al- 
though personally  friendly  to  admitting  women,  had  to  say  that  the 
board  of  regents  were  a  whole  age  behind  the  times,  and  they  would 
be  "shocked,  scandalized,  and  enraged  at  the  mere  mention  of  admit- 
ting a  woman  into  Jefferson  College,  and  the  students  of  Jefferson 
College  had  a  few  years  before  rotten-egged  women  students  as  they 
were  leaving  Blockeley  Hospital.  He  urged  her  to  go  to  the  Woman's 
College,  saying,  what  was  true,  that  it  was  just  as  good  and  the  exam- 
inations required  were  identically  the  same.  However,  Dr.  Owens  had 
determined  to  have  a  degree  that  the  most  skeptical  with  regard  to  the 
standing  of  a  woman  in  medicine  would  have  to  acknowledge  was 
second  to  none;  so  she  took  the  next  train  for  Ann  Arbor,  without 
delaying  long  enough  to  accept  the  professor's  invitation  to  breakfast. 

Sixteen  hours  a  day  in  study  for  the  nine  months  of  school,  ten 
hours  a  day  during  vacations,  and  at  the  end  of  the  second  year  she 
had  taken  her  degree.  She  spent  another  year  at  the  University  as 
resident  physician,  attending  lectures,  in  company  with  her  son,  Dr. 
Hill,  who  joined  her  this  year  for  post-graduate  work. 

Dr.  Owens  finished  up  her  three  years'  work  with  a  visit  to  the 
principal  cities  of  Europe,  and  returned  to  Portland  with  but  a  pit- 
tance of  the  $8000  with  which  she  set  forth.  She  soon  had  a  lucra- 
tive practice  in  Portland,  which  she  retained  even  after  her  marriage 
with  Col.  John  Adair,  who  had  been  the  friend  of  her  childhood.  The 
little  daughter  who  came  to  fill  the  cup  of  happiness  of  Dr.  Owens- 
Adair  lingered  but  a  short  time,  but  left  a  vacancy  that  even  her 
medical  practice  could  not  fill,  and  as  her  husband  was  obliged  to  be 
much  of  the  time  in  Astoria  to  look  after  the  large  property  in  which 
they  had  invested,  she  decided  to  join  him  there.  She  soon  had  a 
good  practice  in  Astoria,  but  in  two  years  had  a  severe  illness  from 


Christm.^s^Ninete.n  Twenty-two  ^       SOUVENIR 


defective  drainage  and  she  was  obliged  to  move  to  their  farm,  where 
she  lived  eleven  years.  Of  this  period  she  says:  "During  all  those 
eleven  years  I  carried  on  my  professional  work  as  best  I  could  in  that 
out-of-the-way  place,  and  at  no  time  did  I  ever  refuse  a  call,  day  or 
night,  rain  or  shine.  I  was  often  compelled  to  go  on  foot  through 
trails  so  overhung  with  dense  undergrowth  and  obstructed  with  logs 
and  roots,  that  a  horse  and  rider  could  not  get  past,  and  through 
muddy  and  flooded  tide-lands  in  gum  boots." 

These  were  hard  times  for  the  city  physician  who  had  had  an 
annual  practice  of  $700  0  a  year,  but  love  and  duty  held  her  to  her 
post.  In  addition  to  this  she  had  to  look  after  the  farm  and  the  stock 
when  her  husband  was  away,  until  at  length  the  mental  and  physical 
stressr  made  her  a  victim  to  rheumatism,  an  hereditary  enemy.  For 
the  benefit  of  her  health  she  visited  her  son,  who  was  settled  at  North 
Yakima,  and  feeling  at  once  benefitted  by  the  change,  she  decided  to 
locate  there.  Accordingly,  she  persuaded  her  husband  to  rent  the 
farm  and  move  with  her  to  North  Yakima  in  1899.  Here  Dr.  Owens- 
Adair  practiced  until  October,  190  5,  during  which  time  she  earned  a 
sum  approximating  $25,000.  This  well  invested  enabled  her  to  retire 
from  practice  to  enjoy  the  luxury  of  spending  some  time  on  their 
farm,  to  visit  her  old  friend,  Mrs.  Inez  L.  Parker,  in  San  Diego,  where 
she  prepared  this  book  for  the  press. 

Now  with  her  husband  and  her  grandson,  their  adopted  heir-at- 
law,  and  others  who  she  has  gathered  under  her  wing.  Dr.  Owens- 
Adair  lives  at  their  Sunnymead  farm,  near  Astoria.  Here  she  says 
the  latch  string  always  hangs  out. 

The  editor  of  The  Tribune  has  gladly  renewed  the  acquaintance 
formed  with  Dr.  Owens-Adair  in  1884,  and  to  note  that  she  looks  as 
young  as  her  picture,  which  is  given  in  this  issue.  It  would  not  seem 
to  have  been  at  all  necessary  for  Dr.  Owens-Adair  to  retire  from 
practice  on  account  of  age,  but  it  seems  to  be  her  character,  when 
she  has  got  all  out  of  a  situation  that  it  has  for  her  in  experience  and 
development,  to  want  to  pass  on.  Now  she  purposes  to  occupy  her- 
self with  literary  work,  having  in  view  a  work  on  medicine  from  a 
woman's  standpoint.  She  is  interested  in  reforms,  notably  in  woman 
suffrage,  and  Oregon  is  fortunate  to  win  back  from  Washington  one 
who  is  so  earnest  in  this  regard  and  who  may  be  relied  on  for  the 
future. 


A       SOUVENIR  Ohristmas^Nine^e^enJw^^^^^ 


MY  FIRST   GEM  LETTER 

Oregon  City,  Ore.,  Dec.  4,  1906. 
My  Dear  Doctor  Adair: 

1  cannot  tell  you  how  very  interesting  I  have  found  the  story  of 
your  life.  Some  bits  of  it  I  had  before,  and  now  it  is  all  together, 
one  can  judge  better  of  the  heroism  of  an  individual  in  pioneer  times 
and  of  the  influence  a  noble  spirit  can  have  on  a  state.  For  you  have 
influenced  not  only  your  immediate  surroundings  but  far  beyond. 
Oregon  is  indebted  to  you  not  alone  for  your  efforts  for  yourself  and 
all  womankind,  but  also  for  this  plain  and  lucid  narrative  of  it  all. 
Such  books  were  my  delight  when  young.  The  story  of  Anna  Dickin- 
son sent  me  to  college,  gave  me  courage  to  undertake  a  classical  edu- 
cation in  days  when  few  girls  did  and  when  none  of  my  acquaintances 
had,  made  me  "headstrong"  (as  my  father  called  it)  enough  to 
actually  run  away  to  Oberlin  with  something  of  the  same  spirit  you 
had  in  trying  to  get  an  education.  So  I  know  all  about  it.  And  now* 
if  every  girl  in  Oregon  could  read  your  book,  it  would  encourage  many 
another  to  dare  to  do  what  you  did. 

On  page  141  you  mention  the  death  of  Big  Foot,  the  same  chief 
that  I  have  mentioned  on  the  last  line  of  page  77  of  The  Conquest. 
How  well  the  old  trail  is  known  to  me  you  may  judge  from  those 
pages,  the  transcontinental  march  from  Virginia  to  the  Columbia.  I 
am  enclosing  a  request  for  J.  K.  Gill  to  let  you  have  a  copy  of  The 
Conquest  with  my  compliments. 

You  are  one  who  will  never  grow  old;  the  spirit  is  that  of  eternal 
youth,  and  your  book  will  keep  your  memory  ever  green  in  Oregon. 
I  want  Mrs.  Inez  Parker,  also,  to  have  a  copy  of  The  Conquest,  and 
request  it  in  the  same  order  with  yours.  Please  hand  it  to  her  when 
you  next  see  her. 

I  should  be  glad  to  give  you  one  of  my  last  books,  but  have  not 
one.  They  slip  away  so  fast,  and  I  find  myself  unable  to  keep  up 
with  them. 

If  you  or  Mrs.  Parker  ever  come  to  Oregon  City  I  shall  expect  to 
see  you  at  my  home.  I  think  of  you  both  as  sisters  in  the  same  great 
battle  that  I  have  fought — and  won. 

To  me  a  true  story  like  yours  is  worth  all  the  fiction  ever  written. 
It  touches  back  into  the  heroic  age  and  brings  its  glory  down  to  now. 

Ever  your  faithful  friend, 

EVA  EMERY  DYE. 

My  first  Gem  Letter. 


Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two 
Page  Twenty-one 


A    SOUVENIR 


Sunnymead  Farm,  Warrenton,  Oregon,  Dec.  18th,  L906. 
My  Dear  Mrs.  Dye: 

Your  favor  of  Dec.  4th  reached  me  Dec.  14th.  I  cannot  tell  you 
how  gratifying  and  soothing  your  letter  was  to  me.  It  was  more  than 
a  soothing  draught  to  a  tired  brain,  for  it  was  a  sedative  and  a  stimu- 
lant as  well.  It  reached  down  into  the  depths  of  my  soul  and  played 
gently  upon  the  most  delicate  chords  of  my  sensitive  nature. 

I  had  been  so  anxious  and  so  worried,  fearing  that  my  first  effort 
might  be  "turned  down."  I  have  met  with  so  many  rebuffs!  You 
have  the  faculty  of  saying  such  charming  things!  And  you  dress 
your  subjects  in  such  becoming  attire  that  it  adds  both  beauty  and 
grace. 

Yes,  I  shall  gladly  accept  your  generous  invitation  to  visit  you  in 
your  home,  as  I  especially  wish  your  advice.  I  may  go  up  to  the 
Historical  Society,  and  arrange  to  see  you  then. 

Meanwhile.  I  am 

Most  sincerely, 

DR.  OWENS-ADAIR. 


Fort  Simcoe,  Wash.,  Dec.  21,  1906. 
Dear  Dr.  Adair: 

Mother  received  your  book  which  you  sent  her,  and  has  been 
wanting  to  write  and  thank  you  for  it,  but  does  not  get  down  to  it. 
The  main  reason  is,  she  has  been  to  much  interested  in  reading  it; 
and  you  know  that  she  is  so  slow  now  at  everything.  I  have  never 
seen  her  so  interested  in  anything  since  she  has  been  here  as  she  is  in 
that  book.  She  is  very  much  pleased  with  it.  I  want  to  read  it  when 
she  has  finished  it,  although  I  have  heard  much  that  she  has  read 
aloud. 

From  your  friend. 

INEZ  COBURN. 
Sister  of  my  daughter-in-law,   Mrs. 
G,  J.  Hill. 


Goldendale,  Wash.,  Jan.  24,  1907. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair. 

Dear  Friend:  We  received  the  book  you  so  kindly  sent  us,  and  I 
write  to  thank  you  for  both  John  and  myself.  We  think  the  book  very 
interesting,  and  well  gotten  up.  I  cannot  tell  you  how  much  we 
appreciate  it,  especially  John,  for  he  was  personally  acquainted  with 
so  many  of  the  characters  in  it. 

Again  thanking  you  for  the  book,  and  wishing  you  a  very  happy 
and  prosperous  life.  I  remain 

Yours  truly, 

MRS.  J.  M.  HESS. 


A         C /^  rr  T/  TT  \I  T  Z?  Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two 

r±       OUUVHJiyilll  Paee  Twenty-two 


Empire  City,  Ore.,  Dec.  14,  1906. 
My  Dear  Aunt:  H 

John  and  I  received  your  beautiful  present,  which  we  both  highly 
appreciated;  and  written  words  are  too  poor  to  tell  you  how  thankful 
we  are  to  you  for  this  history  of  your  life. 

It  will  be  a  very  great  benefit  to  us  both  in  our  life,  and  will 
teach  us  also  to  strive  earnestly  for  the  best  and  most  useful  life  in 
our  power. 

John  says  it  is  the  best  and  most  interesting  book  he  ever  read. 
He  is  delighted  with  it,  and  he  will  write  to  you  too,  as  soon  as  he  can. 

With  much  love  to  all. 

Your  niece. 

ADA  BILYEU. 


The  Dalles,  Ore.,  Dec.  19,  1906. 

My  Dear  Doctor: 

I  cannot  tell  you  how  surprised  and  pleased  I  was  to  receive  a 
copy  of  your  book.  I  thank  you  ever  so  much,  for  I  feel  that  I  was 
such  a  new  friend  that  I  did  not  expect  such  an  honor.  I  have  read  it 
— swallowed  it  almost  whole — and  I  am  so  proud  to  think  that  a 
woman  has  done  so  much,  made  such  a  success  of  life  with  all  the 
drawbacks  of  a  pioneer  life,  not  the  least  of  which  were  its  prejudices. 
Your  story  reads  like  a  romance.  Surely  truth  is  stranger  than  fiction. 
There  is  a  lot  of  history,  otherwise  unwritten,  of  value  to  the  future 
historian,  in  it.  I  am  glad  you  have  put  this  creature  of  your  brain 
on  record  and  I  truly  congratulate  you.  I  told  your  story  as  I 
remembered  it  in  our  History  club  yesterday  afternoon,  and,  judging 
from  the  wrapt  attention  and  eager  questions,  I  must  have  had  a  good 
story  to  tell. 

I  understand  some  of  the  localities  you  tell  about  much  better 
since  visiting  Clatsop  Plains  last  summer  by  the  kindness  of  your 
husband.  That  was  a  day  long  to  be  remembered — so  full  of  historic 
interest  and  in  company  with  such  makers  of  history.  I  hope  you  will 
still  use  your  pen  for  the  public  print  on  subjects  of  vital  interest. 
I  feel  very  strongly  for  the  child  labor  subject,  which  is  such  a  blot  on 
our  fair  land;  also  the  move  for  a  school  for  feeble-minded  in  our 
own  state. 

With  best  regards  for  future,  and  regards  to  Col.  Adair  and  John 
Jr.,  am'  Yours  truly, 

LULU  CRANDALL. 

Mrs.  Lulu  Crandall,   whom  I  know 
and  honor  as  a  friend. 


Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two  A        ^f)T7J/17!\fTJ? 

(Page    Twenty-three  -^       kJ  \y  U    V   1^  ly  1  IV 


North  Yakima,  Wash.,  Dec.  19,  1906. 
Dear  Doctor: 

I  want  to  acknowledge  my  pleasure  in  reading  your  book.  Mrs. 
Hill  handed  me  a  copy,  and  I  have  read  nearly  one-third  of  its  con- 
tents, mostly  aloud  to  Mrs.  Steinway. 

•  I'll  bet  you  were  a  "Tom-boy"  all  right!  And  thus  you  prepared 
yourself  to  battle  against  misfortune  and  poverty,  with  the  energy 
that  overcomes  all  obstacles. 

I  know  we  will  take  much  pleasure  in  finishing  the  book.  You 
write  as  you  talk — clearly  and  right  to  the  point. 

I  thank  you  again  for  sending  me  the  book. 

Sincerely  your  friend, 

W.  L.  STEINWAY,  President. 
The  First  National  Bank. 


710  Court  St.,  The  Dalles,  Ore. 


Dr.  Owens-Adair. 


My  Dear  Friend:  My  friend  returned  your  book,  and  am  reading 
it,  and  am  perfectly  fascinated  with  it.  I  say  it  is  wonderful  that 
you  can  have  gone  through  so  many  hard  and  trying  experiences, 
and  after  they  seem  to  be  over,  can  write  them  all  down  in  so  clear 
and  interesting  a  narrative.  And  the  dear  old  ladies  you  have  known! 
I  feel  that  I,  too,  have  known  them  when  reading  the  beautiful 
thoughts  you  transcribe  in  giving  sketches  of  their  lives. 

It  is  a  lovely  thing  to  thus  perpetuate  their  memories.  Those 
strong  characters,  grand  and  noble  women,  worthy  of  all  honor!  I 
envy  you  your  talent  of  portraying  those  characteristics  of  the  pioneer 
women. 

You  do  it  so  well  because  you  are  one  of  the  strong  characters  of 
pioneer  history,  yourself,  and  have  felt  so  much  of  hardship,  in  some 
ways.  * 

I  hope  sincerely  that  from  now  on  your  life  may  be  one  of  happy 
work,  for  work,  and  not  idleness,  is  happiness,  if  it  is  congenial  work. 

Accept  my  congratulations  on  your  successful  book,  and  I  thank 
you  for  my  copy. 

Affectionately, 
(MRS.)  ELIZABETH  LORD. 

Mrs.  Lord  is  an  author  and  did  her 
part  well. 


A         Cf  /^  TT  T7  XT'  \T  T  J?  Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two 

/±        OKJUVJldiylll  Pase  Twentv-four 


*  684  Wasco  St.,  Portland,  Ore. 

Dec.  17,  1906. 

Dr.  Owens-Adair. 

Dear  Friend:  I  have  just  finished  your  book,  and  found  it  in- 
tensely interesting.  The  simple,  unvarnished  recital  of  the  incidents 
of  your  own  early  and  later  life,  and  of  the  lives  of  others  honored  in 
pioneer  history,  have  all  the  quaintness  of  folk-lore  tales,  and  all  bear 
the  charm  of  simplicity  and  verity. 

Thanking  you  sincerely  for  the  pleasure  the  book  has  given  me, 
and  wishing  you  yet  many  happy,  peaceful  and  prosperous  years,  I  am 

Sincerely  and  affectionately  yours, 

C.  A.  COBURN. 

Mrs.  Coburn  is  a  sister  of  the  late  H. 
"W.  Scott,  editor  of  the  Oregonian. 
She  was  a  lovely  character.   . 


Astoria,  Ore.,  Jan.  5,  1906. 

Dear  Doctor: 

Pleased  to  note  that  you  are  receiving  so  soon  recognition  of  your 
valued  and  good  book.  As  time  goes  on  and  the  book  is  read,  th© 
call  for  it  will  be  wonderfully  increased. 

Yours  faithfully, 

FRANK  PATTON,  Cashier. 

The  Astoria  Savings  Bank. 


United  States  Senate,  Washington,  D.  C. 

February  3,  1907. 

My  Dear  Dr.  Adair: 

I  must  beg  your  pardon  for  not  having  earlier  acknowledged  the 
receipt  of  the  copy  of  your  book,  which  you  so  kindly  sent  us. 

I  wished  first  to  read  it,  and  here  I  have  little  time  for  reading. 

I  need  not  tell  you  that  we  were  delighted  to  receive  a  copy,  and 
that  we  both  have  read  it  with  very  great  interest. 

I  must  really  congratulate  you  on  having  written  a  most  interesting 
and,  in  some  respects,  a  most  valuable  work.  It  shall  always  have  a 
place  among  my  favorite  works  in  my  library. 

With  kindest  regards,  and  best  wishes,  I  am 

Sincerely  yours. 

C.  W.   FULTON, 

(United  States  Senator,  from  Clatsop  County) 


Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two  A         Q/^TTl/TPATTT? 

Pncrp  TwPTltv-fivfi  j(±KD\JUVI2jl\l£t 


Page  Twenty-five 


Roseburg,  Ore.,  Jan.   3,  1907. 
Dr.  Owens-Adalr. 

My  Dear  Friend:  Your  valuable  and  interesting  book  is  received 
and  I  am  reading  it;  and  I  assure  you  it  is  very  interesting  to  me. 
Most  of  it  I  had  knowledge  of,  as  I  have  been  almost  an  eyewitness; 
but  your  earliest  history  I  had  no  knowledge  of  whatever  before. 

I  like  your  style  of  writing  and  expression  very  much  indeed.  I 
have  already  read  up  to  page  91.  It  is  printed  on  very  nice  paper, 
and  all  in  first-class  order. 

Thank  you  most  sincerely  for  the  book.  When  all  is  read,  I  will 
write  you  again.  I  shall  never  forget  you,  when  in  the  fall  of  '59 
you  came  to  our  house  and  took  care  of  my  dear  wife  and  Frank,  our 
babe  there.  Yes,  it  is  wonderful  what  a  great  amount  of  difficulty  you 
have  overcome  in  your  early  life,  and  how  you  succeeded  in  it  all. 

Well  do  I  remember  when  you  came  to  me  to  get  medical  books 
to  read  and  start  your  professional  life.  I  said  yes,  and  helped  you 
all  I  could;  and  now  I  only  regret  that  I  did  not  try  to  do  more  for 
you,  for  I  always  liked  you  for  your  courage  and  enterprise. 

I  shall  take  pleasure  In  showing  the  book  to  my  friends,  and  all 
I  meet.  Now  I  am  lonely,  but  not  without  great  hope  for  the  future. 
Lonely  because  my  dear  wife  has  gone  to  the  Paradise  of  God,  and  this 
is  a  great  consolation  to  me.  Mrs.  Hamilton  always  thought  a  great 
deal  of  you.  Oh,  how  glad  I  would  be  if  she  could  have  lived  to  read 
your  nice  and  interesting  history. 

This  town  has  improved  very  much,  so  you  would  hardly  know 
the  place. 

Kind  regards  to  you  and  all  your  friends.     From 

Yours  truly, 

S.   HAMILTON,  M.  D. 

Mrs.  Hamilton  was  an  author  and 
quite  a  poet.  She  wrote  a  volume  in 
verse  describing  their  trip  to  Oregon 
by  ox  team. 


Astoria,  Ore.,  Dec.   17,  1906. 
Mrs.  Dr.  B.  A.  Owens-Adair, 

Astoria,  Ore. 
Dear  Doctor: 

I  wish   to   express  my  sincere   thanks   for  your  valued   gift,   viz: 
Your  "Early  Recollections  and  Experiences." 

It  certainly  is  a  very  interesting  and  charming  book.     I  am  now 
reading  its  contents,  and  enjoy  it  very  much. 

Thanking  you  again,  I  am 

Sincerely  yours, 

FRANK  PATTON. 
Astoria  Savings  Bank. 


A    SOUVENIR  '''"'V.ll'Twrn'ly'I^f ''■'"" 

||l!llll!llil!llllllllllllll!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllllllllllillillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllH 

i$  House  of  Representatives, 

Washington,  May  7,  1907. 

My  Much  Valued  Friend: 

Your  very  kind  favor  is  received,  in  which  I  have  your  cordial 
congratulations  upon  my  vindication  in  the  U.  S.  Courts  here;  and  I 
wish  to  thank  you  for  this  generous  approval.  I  have  further  acknowl- 
edgements to  remember  for  your  very  interesting  "Life  Experiences," 
which  I  have  read  with  more  than  ordinary  interest.  In  reading  these 
reminiscences  I  am  again  living  in  the  day  and  scenes  gone  by.  There 
arises  before  me  the  old  time  faces,  gone  never  to  return:  Applegate, 
Chadwick,  Harry,  your  father  and  brother,  Fitzhugh — pioneers  all — 
and  men  of  ability,  courage  and  determination.  I  read  the  verses 
composed  by  the  village  poets  and  recognize  some  initials  as  those  of 
dear,  good  friends  who  were  factors  of  influence  in  the  little  town, 
but  who  have  gone  hence.  What  a  long  procession  marches  before  our 
vision  of  these  actors  in  the  Umpqua  vales  of  40  years  ago.  It  does 
not  seem  possible  that  all  have  gone,  excepting  here  and  there  some 
lone  one,  grizzled  and  grey,  forgotten  and  aimlessly  wandering  along 
the  highway  where  once  he  was  the  "hyee-tyee"  consulted  by  all — 
while  now  there  is  none  so  poor  as  to  do  him  reverence.  But  such  is 
life.  And  yet  I  feel  that  I  am  again  among  these  revered  old  faces  as 
your  interesting  book  brings  them  to  memory.  I  call  the  roll  and 
they  all  seem  to  appear  among  us.  There  is  Jacksons,  Fruite,  Dr. 
Hamilton,  old  Asher  Marks  and  Uncle  Sam  and  Billy  Friedlander, 
Sol  and  Hyram  Abraham,  Dr.  Hoover,  A.  R.  Flint,  S.  F.  Chadwick, 
Col.  Mosher,  L.  F.  Love,  Aaron  Rose,  John  Party,  Moses  Parrot, 
Thomas  Owens,  Compton,  old  man  Craze,  Fitzhugh,  Flowers.  Heine- 
berg,  the  Jones  family  and  a  host  of  others.  Life  is  to  short  to  dwell 
long  on  the  past,  as  the  future  with  all  of  its  pressing  responsibilities 
and  uncertainties  bids  us  give  heed  to  our  dates  here,  and  thus  the 
better  to  prepare  to  join  our  brethren  gone  before  to  that  temple  not 
made  with  hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens. 

I  thank  you  again  for  this  remembrance  in  permanent  form  of  so 
many  life  experiences,  with  that  of  your  own.  And  while  those  con- 
temporary with  those  you  describe  will  soon  be  gone,  yet  to  those  who 
follow  them,  they  will  remain  a  true  picture  of  many  of  the  cour- 
ageous men  and  women  who  blazed  the  way  to  Oregon. 

Sincerely  your  friend, 

BINGER  HERMAN. 

Dr.  B.  A.  Owens-Adair,  Warrenton,   Ore. 


The  Hon.  Binger  Herman  has  served 
his  country  well. 


Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two  A         ^(ITJVFlAfTP 

Page  Twenty-seven  -^       OKJUVLJiyiJTi, 


Saturday,  9  p.  m. 
1907. 

My  Dear  Mother  Friend: 

Your  book  came  today,  and  I  call  it  my  Christmas  present.  I  am 
perfectly  delighted  with  it,  and,  too,  because  you  wrote  it.  Besides 
skipping  about  and  reading  here  and  there,  Tom  has  read  aloud  to 
me  the  first  85  pages,  while  I  have  been  working  on  a  little  Christmas 
gift  you  will  see  later.  We  are  both  fascinated  with  the  book,  as  far 
as  we  have  gone. 

I  do  wish  you  had  put  in  an  old  fashioned  picture  of  yourself  as  a 
girl  or  real  young  woman.  But  you  draw  the  picture  so  one  can  almost 
see  you.  I  have  looked  sa  anxiously  for  a  letter  from  you,  to  know 
if  you  found  your  lost  satchel.  I  did  enjoy  your  visit  so  much,  and 
hope  you  can  run  over  again  before  summer. 

I  can't  thank  you  enough  for  the  book. 

With  lots  of  love, 

LILLIE   GLENN  O'NEIL. 

The  only  daughter  of  my  dear  friend, 
Dr.  Glenn,  one  of  the  earliest  dentists 
in  Portland,  Oregon. 


Portland,  Ore.,  Dec.  11,  1906. 
Dr.   Owens-Adair, 

Warrenton,   Ore. 
My  Dear  Friend  of  Many  Years: 

When  you  told  me  you  were  writing  a  book  I  anticipated  much 
pleasure  with  its  issue,  and  so  I  lost  no  time  in  securing  a  copy.  To 
say  that  I  am  delighted  does  not  fully  express  my  mind,  as  I  turn 
from  page  to  page  in  its  perusal,  and  I  want  to  lose  no  time  in  adding 
to  your  own  satisfaction  by  telling  you  of  my  great  pleasure. 

Your  story  of  your  childhood,  and  of  your  career  as  the  years  have 
rolled  on,  carries  me  back  to  the  dating  of  our  own  intimate  and 
continuous   friendship   of   almost   forty  years'   duration. 

You  write  as  you  talk — forcibly,  plainly  and  entertainingly.  Es- 
pecially is  it  so  to  the  friends  of  the  earlier  times,  who  are  so  fre- 
quently reminded  of  the  peoples  and  occurrences  of  the  earlier  days, 
as  well  as  of  the  later  times  and  changes  in  our  Oregon  country. 

Accept  my  kindest  regards  and  best  wishes  for  yet  many  years  of 
happiness  as  well  as  usefulness,  for  I  opine  that  you  will,  while  life 
holds  out,  be  busy,  and  in  good  ways,  as  of  old. 

Yours  truly, 

O.  P.  S.  PLUMMER. 

Dr.  Plummer  was  one  of  my  dearest 
friends  and  was  my  father's  family 
physician  before  I  dreamed  of  study- 
ing m-edicine. 


A         Q/^TTJ/TTATTJ?  Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two 

/I         KJKJUVJJJlMllV  Pne-P  TwPTitv-pie-ht 


Page  Twenty-eight 


Forest  Grove,  Ore.,  March  10,  1907. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair: 

Dear  Madam:  I  write  to  acknowledge  the  receipt,  through  Mr. 
Himes,  of  a  copy  for  the  Library  of  Pacific  University,  of  your  valua- 
ble book,  and  to  thank  you  for  the  same. 

Yours  respectfully, 

JAS.  W.  MARSH, 

Librarian  P.  U. 


North  Yakima,  Wash.,  Jan.  8,  1907. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair: 

I  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  book,  for  which  we  thank  you 
many  times.  I  have  enjoyed  its  pages  from  the  first  to  the  last,  also 
Mr.  R.  and  Raymond  look  for  it  when  they  get  home  in  the  evening 
the  first  thing. 

Hoping  to  see  you  soon, 

Your  friend, 

MRS.  REDFIELD. 


Walla  Walla,  Wash.,  April  22,  1907. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair, 

Warrenton,  Ore. 
Dear  Madam: 

Through  the  courtesy  of  Mr.  Geo.  F.  Himes  a  copy  of  your  "Life 
Experiences"  has  been  donated  to  the  library  and  will  be  placed  on  our 
shelves.  We  are  glad  to  add  the  volume  to  our  list. 

Yours  truly. 


Walla  Walla  Public  Library. 


T.  C.  ELLIOTT,  Secy. 


Eugene,  Ore.,  July  6,  1907. 
Dr.  B.  A.  Owens-Adair, 

Warrenton,  Ore. 
Dear  Madam: 

Mr.  Gill  gave  me  a  copy  of  your  book,  which  I  have  read  with  deep 
interest.  I  think  it  is  worth  much  to  our  young  people  to  have  this 
narrative  of  the  life  experiences  of  one  whose  life  illustrates,  as  yours 
does,  the  ability  and  efficacy  of  enthusiastic,  persistent,  honest  en- 
deavor. 

I  have  just  mailed  you  a  copy  of  my  little  history. 

With  great  respects. 

Sincerely  yours, 

JOSEPH  SCHAFER. 
(Professor  of  History,  University  of  Oregon) 


C?hristmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two  A         Q  /^  TT  1/  TT  AT  T  T> 

PaiTfi  Twentv-nine  ^        O  KJ   U     V  JjJ  iS  I  it 


Page  Twenty-nine 


Legislature  of  1907,  Senate  Chaml)er, 
Olympia,  Wash.,  Jan  19,  1907. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair, 

Astoria,  Ore. 
Dear  Dr.  Adair: 

Just  before  leaving  home  Mrs.  Coleman  brought  me  a  copy  of  your 
history  of  early  times  in  Oregon,  and  although  I  had  time  only  to 
glance  partially  through  it,  I  appreciate  your  kindness  to  me,  and  I 
am  very  thankful  to  you  for  your  remembrance. 

And  I  am  sure  your  book  will  be  read  and  appreciated  by  many  who 
will  be  glad  that  some  one  has  had  the  foresight  to  leave  some  of  the 
struggles  that  the  early  settlers  of  this,  now  great  Northwest,  had  to 
make  to  bring  this  country  up  to  the  present  standard,  and  to  pave 
the  way  for  the  great  benefits  that  millions  now,  and  will,  enjoy. 
Will  be  glad  to  get  a  line  from  you  any  time. 

Sincerely  your  friend, 

WALTER  J.  REED. 

(State  Senator) 
Senator  Reed  left  his  footsteps  upon 
his  adopted  country.    He  was  a  man 
to  be  honored  among  men. 


316  Twenty-third  Ave.  So.,  Seattle,  Wash. 

February  26,  1907. 
Dear  Dr.  Owens-Adair: 

Please  find  enclosed  check  for  $1.50  in  payment  for  your  book. 
I  have  had  time  to  read  only  six  chapters  so  far,  but  I  have  been 
much  interested  in  the  story  of  your  trials  and  perseverance;   and  I 
thank  you  very  much  for  the  book. 

Yours  sincerely, 

AGNES  B.  HARRISON. 

Physician  and  Dr.  Adair's  classmate 
in  Michigan  University. 


National  City,  Cal.,  Jan.  17,  1907. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair. 

Dear  Friend:  I  am  sorry  to  be  so  tardy  in  thanking  you  for  the 
compliment  you  paid  me  last  December  in  sending  me  a  copy  of  your 
book,  but  I  have  absolved  a  part  of  the  penance  by  asking  IMrs.  Parker 
to  apprise  you  of  its  safe  arrival.  The  book  came  upon  the  eve  of  my 
son's  arrival  from  Berkeley,  so  I  have  been  full  of  business  since,  up 
to  the  present  time. 

The  book  had  the  effect  of  an  epidemic;  i.  e.,  that  I  could  neither 
eat  nor  sleep   till  it  was  downed.     It  is  characteristic  of  its  heroic 


A       SOUVENIR  Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty.two 


Rage  Thirty 


author,  full  of  original  vigor  from  start  to  finish.  I  feel  quite  sure 
the  book  will  have  the  same  impression  on  others,  especially  the  old 
pioneers  of  that  state.  It  is  a  strong  reference  book  for  all  time  to 
their  progeny.  You  have  portrayed  men  and  women  of  bone  and 
muscle  and  sinew,  endowed  with  the  "push"  to  go  through  and  over 
rivers  and  mountains  almost  impassable,  and  conquer  that  wild 
aboriginal  land  of  Indians,  cactus  and  sagebrush.  Their  adventures 
seem*  so  marvelous  that  I  could  scarcely  believe  them  real,  had  I  not 
also  been  through  some  of  thier  feats,  in  my  pioneer  practice  in  New 
Mexico  and  Colorado,  thus  proving,  to  myself  at  least,  that  we  can 
accomplish  almost  anything  we  are  called  upon  to  do  in  life,  when 
the  pinch  comes.  Your  book  is  a  true  history  of  the  sterling  spirits  of 
that  day.  Would  that  the  country  possessed  more  of  them  at  the 
present  day.  The  press  would  not  then  teem  with  accounts  of  so  many 
outrages  and  violations  of  law,  as  it  does  at  the  present  time.  You 
are  now  enjoying  a  just  harvest,  after  so  many  years  of  turmoil  and 
exertion,  and  I  hope  your  remaining  years  may  be  filled  to  overflowing 
with  happiness  and  love,  with  "virtute  quies."  Your  book  does  both 
yourself  and  Mrs.  Parker  credit,  and  I  wish  you  much  joy  in  its 
flattering  reception  by  the  public. 

We  shall  hope  soon  to  see  you  back  here  for  a  season  again. 

Your  loving  friend, 

A.  F.  MOORE,  M.  D. 

One  of  the  noble  women  who  devoted 
her  life  to  making  sick  people  better. 
What  could  be  better? 


San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Jan.  24,  1907. 
Doctor  Owens-Adair,  * 

Warrenton,  Oregon. 
My  Dear  Doctor: 

I  am  just  in  receipt  of  your  book,  and  I  need  not  say  that  we  are 
delighted  therewith.  Many  thanks  for  so  kind  and  considerate  a 
remembrance  of  us.  It  is  the  second  time  in  the  experience  of  rather 
a  long  life  that  I  have  had  a  book  gvien  to  me  "with  the  author's 
compliments."     Of  course  the  book  will  be  prized  accordingly. 

I  have  only  glanced  casually  into  it  thus  far,  but  it  appears  to  me 
that  I  am  well  acquainted  with  all  the  places  and  scenes  described, 
as  well  as  with  most  of  the  persons  referred  to  therein. 

My  wife  and  Ross  join  in  kind  personal  regards  to  yourself,  the 
Colonel  and  John,  and  with  best  wishes  for  a  "Happy  and  Prosperous 
New  Year,"  I  remain 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

R.  R.  MUNRO, 
Inspector  in  Charge. 
Post  Office  Department. 

A  friend  worth  having. 


°''"''Tag'!,'™r'iy-one'''''''*°  ^       SOUVENIR 

*  jii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin 

4334  Tenth  Ave  N.  E.,  Seattle,  Wash. 

January  21,  1907. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair, 
Warrenton,  Ore. 

Dear  Friend: 

Press  of  work  has  prevented  my  perusing  your  book  until  very 
lately;  hence  my  delay  in  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  the  same,  and 
returning  our  sincere  thanks. 

Yesterday,  however,  I  spent  several  hours  in  reading  the  work.  I 
must  say  that  I  am  very  happily  surprised;  for,  though  I  had  seen 
enough  of  your  writing  to  convince  me  that  you  are  a  woman  of  real 
literary  ability,  I  hardly  expected  you  to  produce  such  a  bright  literary 
gem.  It  sparkles  with  interest  from  cover  to  cover.  I  congratulate 
you,  not  alone  upon  the  book,  but  upon  the  career  which 'it  outlines; 
for  certainly  few  admire  more  sincerely  than  I  the  energy  and  force 
which  have  enabled  you  to  fight  your  way,  despite  early  disadvantages, 
from  obscurity  and  poverty  to  a  high  place  in  the  professional  world. 

Convey  my  congratulations  to  Mrs.  Parker,  also  for  her  part,  and 
especially  for  the  beautiful  poems. 

Little  Florence  is  two  years  old  today.  She  is  a  bright,  active 
little  thing,  pretty  as  a  picture,  happy  as  a  lark  most  of  the  time; 
talks  almost  incessantly  in  full,  complete  sentences.  Her  birthmark, 
thanks  to  the  skill  of  Dr.  Sharpies,  is  no  longer  a  blemish,  the  scar 
being  so  slight  as  to  be  scarcely  noticeable.  Her  brown  curly  hair  is 
the  admiration  of  all  beholders. 

My  last  book,  a  history  of  Skagit  and  Snohomish  counties,  issued 
from  the  press  and  was  delivered  sonie  time  ago.  I  should  be  pleased 
to  send  you  a  copy,  but  that  through  an  error  of  the  publishers  the 
edition  was  made  too  small,  and  we  are  short  of  books.  The  work  is 
considerably  larger  than  was  that  on  Central  Washington. 

Some  members  of  the  Interstate  Publishing  Company  have  with- 
drawn to  go  into  other  lines  of  activity,  and  as  I  have  not  the  funds 
to  continue  in  business  alone,  I  am  now  out  of  permanent  employ- 
ment. I  think  I  shall  rest  from  literary  pursuits  for  a  year  or  so,  but 
at  the  end  of  that  time  I  should  like  to  find  a  good  job  on  a  news- 
paper or  magazine.  I  am  writing  a  little  at  odd  times  for  the  Wash- 
ington Magazine  at  present. 

I  shall  wait  with  pleasurable  anticipation  the  issuance  of  your 
next  volum,e.  Perhaps  after  awhile  you  will  make  another  trip  to 
Europe,  this  time  in  search  of  literary  materials.  I  should  be  on  the 
road  myself  in  short  order,  had  I  the  capital  to  justify,  but  I  am  not 
a  moneymaker,  and  poverty  will  always  stand  in  the  way  of  the  attain- 
ment of  my  ambitions,  perhaps. 

Mrs.  Shiach  sends  her  love.  With  very  best  wishes  from  us  all, 
and  in  the  hope  that  you  may  sometime  make  us  that  promised  visit, 
I  remain,        *  Sincerely  yours, 

W.  S.  SHIACH. 


A         ^  D  TJ  '{Z  Jil  7^  J  T?  Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two 

r±       kJWUVUiyin,  Page  Thirty-two 


2252  Broadway,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

March  5,  1907. 
Dr.  B.  A.  Owens-Adair, 
Astoria,  Oregon. 

My  Dear  Doctor; 

I  am  in  receipt  of  your  book  entitled  "Dr.  Owens-Adair:  Some  of 
Her  Life  Experiences,"  which  I  shall  take  great  pleasure  in  reading 
as  soon  as  my  wife  gets  through  with  it.  She  considers  that  she  has, 
in  this  case,  prior  rights  over  her  husband. 

Mrs.  Hammond  and  I  arrived  here  yesterday  from  New  York,  after 
a  four  months'  absence,  which  accounts  for  my  not  acknowledging 
receipt  of  the  book  sooner.  We  will  take  great  pleasure  in  reading 
your  work,  and  thank  you  very  much  for  sending  it  to  us. 

With  kind  regards  to  the  Colonel  and  family,  and  best  greetings 
to  yourself,  believe  me, 

Sincerely  yours, 

A.  B.  HAMMOND. 
A.  B.  Hammond  is  of  large  resources 
— got  his  education  in  the  woods 
among  the  hardest  knocks.  He  is  a 
multi-millionaire — made  a  million  in 
one  deal,  because  he  knew  more 
about  timber  than  the  rich  man's 
heirs,  who  were  better  posted  in 
neckties  and  up-to-date  styles. 


Linnton,  Ore.,  Sept.  27,  1911. 
Mrs.  Doctor  Owens-Adair, 
Warrenton,  Ore. 

My  Dear  Doctor: 

I  took  up  your  book  on  leaving  Astoria  and  did  not  lay  it  down 
till  we  were  near  Linnton,  my  home,  so  you  may  know  I  became  very 
much  interested.  My  father  was  at  Yreka,  California,  during  the  min- 
ing days,  and  should  he  come  here,  as  he  intends  next  summer,  I  want 
him  to  .meet  you.  He  is  in  his  eighties,  but  bright  and  active  and 
living  with  his  third  wife,  so  you  may  know  he  has  been  something  of 
a  man,  being  the  father  of  16  children. 

I  placed  one  of  your  pamphlets  in  the  hands  of  a  minister,  who 
I  found  was  in  hearty  accord.  Do  you  not  find  this  true:  men  and 
women  under  35  are  with  you  in  this  movement,  and  that  your  main 
opposition  comes  from  people  over  that  age? 

I  hope  you  will  live  to  see  your  proposed  law  enacted  in  this  and 
every  other  state  in  the  Union. 


Christaas^Nmeteen  Twenty.two  ^       SOUVENIR 


Now,  doctor,  our  only  boy  has  gone  to  Seattle  to  school,  and  we 
will  appreciate  it  very  much  if  you  should  stop  off  here  and  make  this 
your  headquarters  when  you  come  to  Portland.  You  see  the  cars  stop 
in  front  of  our  place,  and  it  is  only  5  cents  to  town.  You  could  go  in 
every  day  if  you  wished  and  be  here  in  the  evening. 

Mrs.  Mann  would  like  very  much  to  meet  you.  This  is  our  latch- 
string,  and  it  will  always  be  out  for  you. 

Yours  very  respectfully, 

S.  M.  MANN,  M.  D. 

A  new  made  friend  met  by  chance 
at  a  sick  patient's  bed. 


North  Yakima,  Wash.,  March  30,  1915. 


Dr.  Owens-Adair, 
Grandview  Farm. 


My  Dear  Doctor: 

I  take  the  liberty  in  writing  you  that  I  might  thank  you  for  the 
many  pleasant  thoughts  and  encouragement  I  gained  from  reading 
your  book.  Furthermore,  that  I  might  express  my  admiration  though 
it  be  feeble  and  inadequate.  I  became  particularly  engrossed  in  your 
autobiography,  as  it  brings  out  so  forcibly  the  power  of  individual 
purpose.  Your  intensity  of  purpose  depicted  in  those  terse,  abrupt 
and  vital  sentences  as  a  conscious  concentration  of  effort  to  attain  an 
end  commands  admiration  that  cannot  be  expressed.  It  creates  a 
stimulus  that  makes  one  want  to  sweep  higher  in  the  pure,  inspiring, 
embracing  air  of  noble  ideals,  and  though  the  goal  may  never  be 
reached,  the  inspiration  of  struggle  may  mean  as  much  as  the  crown 
of  victory.  I  think,  too,  that  we  are  jugged  by  the  motives  and  ideals 
that  inspired  our  purpose  more  than  by  our  attainments.  Your  beauti- 
ful way  in  which  you  concentrated  your  efforts,  be  of  greater  useful- 
ness to  others,  and  to  prove  equal  to  your  possibilities  as  they  pro- 
gressively grew  larger  under  attainment,  seems  to  have  linked  your 
separate  days  of  living  by  a  thread  of  continuity  as  scattered  beads 
from  a  necklace  by  a  golden  strand  running  through  them.  Your 
tireless  courage  and  sturdy,  confident  manner,  pictures  you  to  me 
as  a  living  exponent  that  the  trium,ph  of  right  and  will  is  a  living, 
compelling  fact.  Circumstances  that  before  were  discouraging,  I  can 
see  now  stimulate  and  bring  forth  that  latent  energy  that  conquers 
these  weaknesses  that  make  the  obstacles  assume  an  abnormal  shape. 

I  know  that  in  the  future  when  the  sky  is  dark,  the  trials  of  life 
hard  to  bear  and  failures  of  the  best  efforts  tempt  to  overthrow  the 
altar  of  my  ideals  and  purpose,  I  shall  look  upon  this  book  and  turn 
to  it  as  a  loving  friend,  a  counselor  and  guide.  It  embodies  infinite 
hope,   help  and   encouragement   and   I   shall   prize  it  very  highly.      It 


A        Cf  /^  TT  1/  TP  \T  J  D  Christmas  Nineteen,  Twenty-two 


Page  Thirty-four 


bespeaks  of  the  authoress  but  does  not  do  her  full  justice,  and  I  hope 
that  I  may  have  the  pleasure  of  cultivating  your  acquaintance  further 
I  shall  close  with  the  sincere  wish  that  your  goal  of  happiness  will  bo 
reached  through  your  deserving  fruits  of  toil. 

Respectfully  and  sincerely  yours, 

RAY  A.  HESS. 

The  author  of  this  letter  is  now  the 
husband  of  my  only  granddaughter. 

Spokane,  Wash'.,  Nov.  8,  1918. 
Doctor  Owens-Adair, 

Astoria,  Ore. 
Dear  Friend: 

Mama  and  I  arrived  at  home  last  Sunday  morning  and  I  have  been 
trying  to  find  time  to  write  to  you.  I  hope  you  are  well  and  did  not 
get  mam's  cold.  She  has  fullly  recovered  now  and  sends  you  her  best 
regards.  I  read  your  book  and  enjoyed  it.  You  certainly  had  a  time, 
didn't  you.  But  every  thing  worth  while  must  be  worked  for,  I  suppose. 
I  heard  from  Jay  this  morning,  and  he  said  he  couldn't  go  over  to  your 
house  till  after  he  was  out  of  quarantine,  but  he  would  be  over  just  as 
soon  as  he  could.  It  is  certainly  great  to  be  back  where  it  doesn't 
rain  so  much,  but  I  hope  sometime  to  come  back  and  see  you.  Jay 
and  I  will  never  forget  your  kindness.  It  would  have  been  almost 
impossible  for  us  to  be  married  now  if  you  hadn't  helped  us. 

Gratefully  yours, 

MRS.  JAY  COOKE. 

Spokane,  Wash.,  Arden  Hotel. 

Jay  Cooke  was  in  the  service.  His 
company  was  building  a  railroad 
across  my  land.  He  was  engaged  to 
this  young  lady,  and  they  were  de- 
termined to  get  married  before  he 
should  be  ordered  overseas.  Her 
mother  brought  her  to  Astoria,  but 
found  the  company  quarantined.  The 
good  officer  came  to  me  and  asked 
me  to  allow  them  to  be  married  and 
give  them  rooms  at  my  house,  as  he 
would  give  Jay  thirty-six  hours' 
leave.  So  he  brought  the  minister, 
bride  and  her  mother  and  picked  up 
the  young  bride-groom  as  he  came. 
All  went  well  and  before  the  month 
was  out  he  was  on  his  way  to  Spo- 
kane to  meet  his  young  wife. 


"^"^'TaSThrny.Ti^r""'""  A    SOUVENIR 

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 

Portland,  Ore.,  Nov.  15,  1918. 
Dr.  B.  A.  Owens-Adair, 
Warrenton,  Ore. 

My  Dear  Doctor  Adair: 

Allow  me  to  offer  you  thanks  for  the  copy  of  your  first  book, 
what  is  realy  your  autobiography,  as  it  tells  so  much  of  your  very 
thrilling  and  phenomenally  successful  life.  I  am  thankful  for  any 
infinitely  small  part  I  may  have  acted  in  that  life,  and  yet  I  am  per- 
suaded that  I  have  used  the  wrong  adjective  (infinitessimal)  in  de- 
scribing my  share;  for  I  remember  to  have  done  what  I  could  to  assist 
and  serve  you  as  best  I  could  when  it  was  the  attitude  of  others  to  do 
otherwise.  I  am  led  to  hope  that  you  contemplate  giving  us  another 
volume  from  your  facile  .pen,  and  I  hope  to  live  to  peruse  its  pages. 
I  am  glad  to  believe  that  you  are  well  and  enjoying  your  well  spent 
life.  I  hasten  to  record  my  heartfelt  rejoicing  at  the  close  of  the  great 
war.  God  has  decreed  that  the  world  shall  be  better,  and  that  the 
evils  for  which  Germany  has  stood  and  struggled  shall  be  banished 
from  the  world.  Please  read  one  of  my  favorite  Psalms,  the  37th — ■ 
it  marks  the  year  of  my  birth,  18  37,  and  it  serves  to  hearten  us  in  our 
belief  of  God's  overruling  providence  in  the  affairs  of  this  world. 
How  splendid  for  one's  beloved  country  and  its  God  given  president  to 
occupy  such  exalted  position  in  the  estimation  of  the  best  people  the 
world  around. 

Yours  truly, 

DR.  G.  W.  WELLS. 
360  E.  28th  St.  South. 

A   physician   and    surgeon   whom    I 
honor  and  love. 


Portland,  Ore.,  Aug.  29,  1917. 
Dear  Dr.  Adair: 

Just  a  line  to  tell  you  how  very  much  I  am  enjoying  the  reading 
of  your  book.  The  busy  days  do  not  give  much  time  for  reading,  but 
I  keep  the  book  on  my  desk  and  read  whenever  there  is  a  little  rest 
time  after  the  work  of  the  day  is  over. 

I  am  going  to  southern  Oregon  for  two  weeks,  so  Pm,  loaning  the 
book  to  Mrs.  Houston  who  is  anxious  to  read  it. 

Thanking  you  again  for  giving  me  so  much  pleasure. 

Your  friend, 

(Signed)      JENNIE  M.  KEMP. 

One  of  our  good  and  true  women  of 
the  W.  C.  T.  U.— known  to  be  loved. 


A  SOUVENIR  «''"^""y.?i"^^;?^■;.:^^■"^■'""' 


Page  Thirty-six 


Palo  Alto,  Cal.,  Dec.  14,  1921. 

Dr.  Owens-Adair. 

Very  Dear  Doctor:  Your  life  has  been  sucn  an  inspiration  to  me 
in  a  social  and  business  way,  to  attempt  to  tell  with  pen  would  be 
impossible.  Only  the  one  who  said:  "In  as  much  as  ye  have  done  it 
unto  one  of  the  least  of  these,  my  little  ones,  ye  have  done  it  unto 
me."  As  I  read  your  great  book  the  story  of  your  life  can  not  help 
but  exclaim,  "What  a  wonderful  life!"  Starting  at  the  very  first  round 
of  the  ladder  of  life,  and  round  by  round  to  the  very  pinacle  of  suc- 
cess— this  at  the  time  of  your  entering  the  medical  profession  was  no 
easy  task,  as  women  were  not  considered  their  fathers'  or  brothers' 
equals  and  few  universities  willing  to  open  their  doors  to  women.  Yet 
with  a  great  mind  and  will  to  succeed,  success  has  crowned  your  efforts 
and  today  your  name  is  one  that  will  never  be  forgotten  as  long  as 
this  world  shall  stand  as  the  mother  of  the  sterilization  bill  in  Oregon. 

One  we  believe  has  done  more  to  better  the  conditions  of  life  and 
improve  our  state  and  generation.  Truly  it  is  seldom  in  life  we  meet 
one  that  has  accomplished,  not  only  as  a  successful  physician,  but  by 
your  pen,  of  which  has  not  been  to  gain  fame;  knowing  you  as  I  do, 
am  certain  that  this  has  not  been  your  thought.  The  only  object  has 
been  for  the  betterment  of  humanity.  And  truly  the  rising  generation 
will  rise  up  and  call  you  blessed.  No  one  can  meet  you  and  not  be 
helped  to  go  forward,  believing  that  great  achievements  may  be 
accomplished  by  any  that  will  say,  "What  has  been  accomplished  in 
the  past  may  be  in  the  future" — though  our  friends  may  not  see  any 
great  thing  for  us  in  life.  No  one  could  see  anything  in  Simon  Peter 
but  a  poor  fisherman,  but  God  saw  in  him  a  great  preacher.  Peter's 
life  and  work  still  lives.  And  we  will,  not  only  as  a  state  but  as  a 
nation,  hold  sacred  the  memory  of  Dr.  Owens-Adair  for  the  light 
given  us  through  her  writings. 

There  is  a  solemn  obligation  resting  on  the  church  and  her  min- 
istry have  been  silent  on  one  of  the  most  vital  questions  of  sex  relation 
is  a  silent  confession  of  shame  over  the  ages  long  and  well  nigh  uni- 
versal; and  truly  God  has  raised  up  one,  Dr.  Owens-Adair,  who  has 
broken  this  silence  with  no  uncertain  sound. 

Doctor,  there  is  no  question  in  my  mind  but  the  greatest  hindrance 
to  spiritual  life  and  successful  work  in  evangelism  is  along  this  line. 
Doctor,  I  believe,  from  the  viewpoint  of  religious  education,  it  is  of 
vital  importance  that  all  public  speakers  should  stand  for  the  full 
gospel,  and  demand  better  laws  to  protect  our  coming  generation.  And 
in  the  annals  of  history  may  your  name  have  its  place  as  the  woman, 
as  the  successful  physician,  that  dared  to  stand  opposition  and  criti- 
cism for  a  bill  which,  through  your  untiring  efforts,  has  become  a 
law,  which  will  bring  a  class  of  men  and  women  to  take  their  place 
in  the  coming  generation  which  any  state  or  nation  may  be  proud  of — 
and  our  moral  degenerates  will  not  be  known. 


'*''"'prJ'Th1.T-J.:r'"-'"°  A    SOUVENIR 


F>age  Thirty-seven 


Only  the  one  who  said  He  would  reward  us  according  to  our  works 
can  reward  you,  and  that  Rewarder  of  all  Good  in  Younder  World  will 
say:  "Ye  blessed  of  my  Father,  enter  into  the  joys  prepared  for  you 
from  the  foundation  of  the  world."  And  the  prayers  of  your  humble 
friend  are  that  you  may  be  spared  many  years  and  success  crown  your, 
efforts.  Every  your  friend, 

(REV.)   MRS.  M.  SUTLIFF, 
Minister  of  the  Church  of  God. 


Portland,  Ore.,  Oct.   12,  1916. 
My  Dear  Doctor  Adair: 

I  hope  you  will  not  think  I  have  forgotten  you,  for  I  haven't; 
indeed,  I  have  told  many  of  my  friends  that  yours  was  one  of  the 
most  interesting  interviews  I  have  had,  and  many  people  have  spoken 
to  me  about  the  story.  When  I  telephoned  to  Bushnell,  who  now 
operates  the  Aune  studio,  for  a  print  of  yours  they  sent  me  one  with 
the  hand  up  to  the  face.  I  wanted  the  other,  so  had  them  make  me 
another  and  am  sending  you  the  extra  one.  Thought  you  might  like 
it.  Am  also  enclosing  the  picture  you  brought  down  and  the  clipping 
of  the  story.  I  have  read  part  of  your  book,  as  the  story  will  indi- 
cate, but  have  been  moving  and  so  haven't  finished  it.  It  is  most 
interesting  and  I  had  many  a  good  laugh,  particularly  over  the  part 
where  you  sat  at  the  window  and  learned  to  reblock  and  press  hats. 

I  suppose  you  will  be  starting  for  California  soon.  I  trust  you  will 
have  a  pleasant  winter  and  a  safe  return  to  Oregon. 

Most  sincerely  yours, 

VELLA  WINNER, 

The  above  is  the  young  woman  whom 
the  Oregon  Journal  imported  to  write 
up  what  she  called  the  special  women 
of  Oregon.  I  think  she  is  still  with 
the  Journal  in  some  special  club 
work. 


Portland,  March  4. 
My  Dear  Dr.  Owens-Adair: 

I  have  been  reading  your  book  which  you  so  kindly  gave  me  the 
order  on  Gill's  for.  I  find  it  so  interesting.  Your  pioneer  life  and 
all  your  brave  efforts  for  an  advanced  education.  Surely  you  are  one 
of  Oregon's  most  wonderful  women.  Thank  you  ever  so  much  for 
the  book. 

Mr.  Nash  has  just  read  the  passage  about  flax  growing  in  1846.  He 
wants  to  know  whether  he  may  quote  it  in  an  article  on  flax  he  is 


A    SOUVENIR  '"'""""y.^f T°ht^?-,Tl?"'-""' 


Page  Thirty-eight 


writing  for  the  Journal?  You  know  he  has  been  a  great  advocate 
for  flax  these  thirty  years  and  more.  You  know  now  another  effort  is 
being  made  to  get  it  grown  on  a  large  scale  in  Oregon. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

(Signed)     TONITA  A.  NASH. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nash  were  English. 
She  was  secretary  for  the  W.  C.  T.  U. 
and  a  vigorous  worker.  She  was  al- 
ways in  a  good  humor.  Once  we 
went  to  the  theatre,  where  three  em- 
inent Y.M.C.A.  workers  were  speak- 
ing. When  we  got  out  she  said: 
*'Now,  really,  what  an  accent.  I 
could  hardly  understand  my  own 
language.  Surely  I  do  better  than 
that." 


92  First  St.,  Portland,  Ore. 
March  7,  1907. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair, 

Warrenton,  Ore. 
Dear  Doctor: 

The  enclosed  addressed  to  us  is  self-explanatory.  It  seems  that  the 
humble  firm  of  Mann  &  Beach,  printers,  are  getting  a  little  advertising 
out  of  your  splendid  book,  which  book  is  becoming  world-widely 
famous. 

We  are  also  sending  you  under  separate  cover  the  magazine  spoken 
of  in  the  card. 

Hope  to  see  you  when  you  come  to  the  city. 

Yours  truly, 

MANN  &  BEACH. 


The  Card: 

"The  Anglo-Rusaian," 
21  Paternoster  Square,  London,  E.  C. 
I  shall  be  much  obliged  for  a  review  copy  of  Dr.   Owens-Adair's 
book  of  which  I  have  read  such  a  good  account  in  the  "Woman's  Trib- 
une."   My  journal  supports  the  Women's  Suffrage  Movement,  and  deals 
with  it  systematically.     I  send  you  specimen  copies. 
Thanking  you  in  anticipation,  I  remain 

Fraternally  yours, 

JAAKOFF  PRELOOKER, 

Editor. 


Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two  A         ^  ^  TJ  J/  IT!  Af  T  J? 

Page  Thirty-nine  -^       kD  KJ  U    V   1^  IS  1  IX, 


House  of  Representatives, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

March  9,  1918. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair, 
Yakima,  Wash. 

My  Dear  Doctor: 

I  have  your  kind  letter  of  January  28th,  and  want  to  apologize  for 
my  long  delay  in  answering;  but  the  stress  of  work  during  these  stren- 
uous days  is  so  heavy  that  friendly,  encouraging  letters  like  yours  are, 
I  am  sorry  to  say,  necessarily  neglected,  thoujgh  I  assure  you  they  are 
none  the  less  deeply  appreciated. 

Indeed,  I  remember,  and  often  recall,  when  I  had  the  honor  of 
presiding  as  Speaker  of  the  House  at  Salem,  and  I  certainly  do  re- 
member the  wonderful  work  done  by  you.  It  is  very  gratifying  to 
know  that  your  work  was  crowned  with  success,  and  gratifying  to  me 
to  know  that  I  could  render  you  assistance,  however  small. 

Without  a  doubt  you  would  now  be  in  Prance  were  you  a  few  years 
younger,  but  at  seventy-eight  years  young  you  are  unquestionably 
doing  your  bit  at  home.     There  is  much  to  be  done  here. 

Thanking  you  for  your  kind  letter,  and  with  my  best  personal 
regards,  I  am 

Faithfully  yours, 

C.  N.  McARTHUR. 

Congressman   McArthur   has   served 
Oregon  faithfully  and  well. 


Greeting  Cards  and  Letters  of  Con- 
gratulation Upon  My  82nd  Birthday 


Growing  older?     Not  a  day! 
You're  growing  younger,  every  way: 
Ask  your  friends,  they'll  all  agree! 
Birthdays  can't  fool  them,  or  me. 


With  lOTing  birthday  wishes, 
CAPTAIN  AND  MRS.  L.  P.  HOSFORD. 

Such  a  message  as  this  from  such 
friends  as  these  brings  gladness  and 
joy.  To  me  they  bring  memories  of 
childhood,  when  I  knew  the  Cap- 
tain's father  and  mother  years  be- 
fore he  was  born. 


BIRTHDAY 
FORGET-ME-NOTS 
Your  birthdays  are  forget-me-nots 

That  always  bring  to  view 
A  host  of  happy  memories 

I  have,  my  friend,  of  you. 
And  so  with  health  and  happiness 

May  heaven  bless  the  day. 
And  send  enough  forget-me-nots 
To  make  a  big  bouquet. 

Feb.  2,  1922. 
My  Dear,  Dear  Friend: 

I  love  you  and  want  to  wish  you  a  happy  birthday 
and  as  many  of  them  as  you  want.  We  truly  have 
spent  many  happy  times  together  in  our  long,  true 
friendship.  I  wish  I  could  talk  to  you  on  this  your 
82nd  birthday.     We  are  all  fine.     Send  much  love. 

Your  true  friend, 

CORA  GROUT. 

You  are  the  youngest  of  the  Hos- 
ford  Clan — more  like  your  dear 
mother,  my  friend.  I  could  but  love 
you  for  her  sake,  but  I  also  love 
you  for  yourself. 


A    SOUVENIR  '^''"^"pIS FtT;-tl"'"*'''"° 


Feb.  3,  1922. 
Dr.   Owens-Adair. 

Dear  Friend:     X<ove  and  a  happy,  happy  birthday 
to  you  from 

MR.   AND  MRS.   JOHN  HARKINS. 

My  friends,  the  oldest  of  ' '  The  Hos- 
ford  Clan."  Many  happy  days  have 
we  spent  together — days  that  can 
never  be  forgotten. 


Memories  of  the  past,  ever  pleasant, 
Link  the  old  days  with  the  present. 


If  this  new  birthday  brings  the  Joys 

I  wish  you  on  this  greeting, 
'Twill  be  an  anniversary 

Supremely  worth  repeating. 

Dr.   Owens-Adair, 

Paso  Robles,  Cal.,  Box  688. 

Many  happy  returns  of  the  day.     From 

THE  PETERSONS. 

Another  precious  message  from  the 
**Hosford  Clan."  Never  was  there 
a  better  clan.  I  know  them  and  love 
them  all.  I  love  them,  including 
their  sweet  little  buds  of  promise. 


MY   BIRTHDAY  WISH 
I  wish  you  health  and  happiness 

And  all-the-year-'round  cheer, 
And  friends:  and  all  the  worthwhile  things 

That  go  to  make  life  dear. 


To  my  friend,  Dr.   Owens-Adair. 

ANNA  C.  CALDWELL. 

To  a  friend  from  a  friend. 


Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two  A        SsnTJVFJMTJ? 

Page  Forty-three  -^       kJ  KJ  U     V   U  ly  1  li^ 


BIRTHDAY. GREETINGS  . 
For  many  a  year  may  you  happily  live, 
Enjoying  the  best  that  life  can  give. 

My  Dear  Doctor: 

Every  year  a  little  happier 

In  the  blessings  Heaven  sends, 
Every  year  a  little  richer 

In  the  number  of  your  friends. 

May  you  live  to  be  a  hundred  and  never  grow 
older. 

Your  loving  friend, 

MYRTLE  DAVIS. 

Many  thanks  for  your  sweet 
thoughts.  The  love  of  a  friend  is 
the  greatest  gift.  It  maketh  the 
heart  glad  and  soothes  the  tired 
brain. 


Astoria,  Ore.,  Jan.,   1922. 

Pioneer    daughter    of    Oregon    pioneers,    pioneer 

physician,    fighting   your   way   up    against   terrible 

odds,  I  congratulate  you  on  your  long  and  busy  life 

unselfishly  spent. 

Wishing  you    many   happy   returns    of    the   day, 
I  am 

Yours  sincerely, 

MRS.  M.  S.  KINNEY. 

Thanks  for  your  congratulations  and 
your  appreciation  of  the  success  that 
has  come  to  me  through  the  strug- 
>,  gles  of  my  life. 


Dear  Doctor: 

I  wish  you  a  long  life  and  everything  that  makes 
a  long  life  worth  living.     From 

MRS.  E.  P.  SMILEY. 

Seaside,  Ore. 

Thanks  for  your  pretty  card  of 
birthday  greetings,  and  hope  to  see 
you  ere  long. 


A    SOUVENIR  ^^^^niS FortT-w"*'"'"" 


BIRTHDAY   WISHES 
I  wish  you  joy  with  best  of  health. 
Content,  that's  better  far  than  wealth; 
A  laugh  so  open  free  and  fair, 
'Twill  make  a  sunshine  everywhere. 


Feb.  7,  1922. 
Best  wishes  from 

THE  NATIVE   DAUGHTERS. 

A  sweet  remembrance  from  the  Na- 
tive Daughters  of  Astoria  and  Clat- 
sop county.  They  never  fail  me. 
Every  year  I  am  gladdened  with  a 
love  token  to  remind  me  that  I  was 
born  February  7,  1840. 


Astoria,  Ore.,  Feb.  3,  1922. 
My  Dear  Doctor: 

It  is  with  pleasure  that  I  write  you  these  few  lines 
to  wish  you  much  happiness,  joy,  success  and  con- 
tentment  on  your  birthday,   and   hoping   that   you 
may   have   many   more    happy   birthdays   to    come. 
With  love  and  best  wishes, 

MARY  L.  LARSON.     • 

*'Mary/'  the  sweetest  of  all  names. 
So  well  do  I  remember  you  in  your 
swaddling  clothes.  You  have  always 
been  a  pure,  good  girl,  and  will  grow 
to  be  a  woman  like  your  mother, 
helpful  to  all  those  around  you. 


YOUR   BIRTHDAY 
Across  the  stretch  of  many  a  mile, 

My  hand  clasps  yours  today; 
May  fortune  on  your  pathway  smile. 

And  roses  strew  your  way. 


Dr.   Adair.      From 

CARRIE  LESTER. 

Thanks  for  my  birthday  message. 
Such  tokens  of  love  can  never  be 
forgotten. 


Christma^sjinrteen  Twentytwo  ^       SOUVENIR 


How  gladly  I  send  this  greeting, 
My  friend, 

A  Happy  Birthday! 

Dr.  B.  Owens-Adair, 

Santa  Rosa,  Calif. 
Dear  Doctor: 

Congratulations  on  looking  and  acting  so  young 
on  your  82nd  birthday.  Do  hope  you  have  many 
more  happy  birthdays. 

Love  and  best  wishes  from 

HARRY  AND  JESSIE. 

This  brings  me  back  to  your  wed- 
ding, and  I  rejoice  to  know  you  are 
both  just  as  happy  now  as  then.  Can 
you  realize  this  is  my  82nd  birth- 
day? 


Wishing  you  a  happy  birthday. 

May  every  moment  of  this  birthday  be  replete  with 
happiness,  and  may  you  have  many  more  to  gladden 
the  hearts  of  your  friends. 

Sincerely  yours, 

MR.  AND  MRS.  L.  E.  WILSON 
AND  FAMILY. 

Your  kind  greeting  brings  me  back 
to  the  time  I  first  knew  you.  The 
sun  was  not  shining  so  brightly  then 
for  you  as  now. 


BIRTHDAY   GREETINGS 
Wishing  you  a  happy  birthday  and  many  more  of 
them.     From 

Your  friend, 
MRS.   CHAS.  SCHWEGLER. 
Lewis  &  Clarke,  R.  F.  D.  1. 


Thanks  for  your  beautiful  card  and 
your  remembrance  on  my  82nd  birth- 
day. 


A  SOUVENIR  <""''*"'»pi^rp«'^'".?;r "'""'""■» 


Page  Forty-six 


With  sincere  regard  and  very  best  wishes, 
MRS.  JOHN  L.  THOMPSON 

(W.  C.  T.  U.) 
EDWIN  B.   SINGER 
F.  H.  VARE 

REV.  AND  MRS.  L.  O.  BOSTWICK 
REV.  J.  VINCENT  JONES 
MISS  ANNA  B.  JONES 
WINSTON  M.  FORD 
LEVIN   JOHNSON 
V.  A.  RANDALL 
MR.  AND  MRS.  S.  HEELOW 

The  names  of  some  of  the  guests 
who  presented  me  with  a  beautiful 
bouquet  at  the  banquet  table. 


BIRTHDAY   GREETINGS 
The  passing  years  take  from  us  all 

Some  tribute,  heedless  of  our  will. 
But  I  hope  that,  whate'er  they  take. 

The  things  you  love  they  leave  you  still. 

Many  happy  returns.     From 

OLAF  ERICKSON. 
Melville,  Ore. 

I    appreciate    this    beautiful    token 
from  my  Granger  friend. 


Astoria,  Ore.,  123 2P,  Feb.  7,  1922. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair, 

Box  688,  care  O.  B.  Whitmore, 
Paso  Robles,  Calif. 

Sincere  birthday  greetings.     May  happiness,  suc- 
cess and  full  realization  be  yours. 

MR.  AND  MRS.  GEORGE  W.  WARREN. 

My  friends,  your  birthday  greetings 
were  brought  to  me  by  the  lightning 
spark  on  a  Paso  Robles  balmy  day 
— which  reminds  me  of  my  Grand- 
view  home  and  my  friends  in  "War- 
renton  near  by. 


Christmas  Nmeteen  Twenty-two  A       SOUVENIR 


P'age  Forty-seven 


A  BIRTHDAY   GREETING 
FOR  YOU 
Please  write  me  down  upon  the  list 

Of  folks  who  can't  forget  you, 
Because  I  feel  how  much  I'd  missed 
If  I  had  never  met  you. 


Dr.   Adair.      From 

MRS.  P.  C.  WARNER. 

To  my  early  and  late  friend.  I  often 
recall  the  pleasant  times  I  had  with 
you  during  the  last  few  years.  I  am 
looking  forward  to  other  pleasant 
meetings. 


CONGRATULATIONS 

Best  wishes  to  you,  my  mother's  lifelong  friend 
and  mine  ever  since  I  can  remember. 

Hope   the   7th   of   February  comes   to   you   many 
times. 

With  love, 

CALLY. 

Dear  Cally,  only  daughter  of  my  life 
long  friend  of  three  score  and  ten. 
No  ill  can  ever  come  between  us. 


Dr.   Owens-Adair: 

Dear  Friend:  Please  accept  the  love  and  best 
wishes  of  your  friends,  the  Kershaws,  on  this  the 
anniversary  of  your  birth.  May  the  years  to  come 
be  fruitful  of  love  and  good  works  for  humanity  as 
as  the  ones  gone  by. 

I  am  sorry  I  could  not  have  written  you  a  long 
letter;  I  will  later  when  I  am  a  little  stronger. 

Love, 

ORA  KERSHAW. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kershaw: 

I  appreciate  your  friendship  and 
love,  which  you  send  me  on  my 
82nd  birthday.  No  better  friends 
have  I  ever  had — and  never  expect 
better.     Many  thanks. 


A         C  /^  77  T7  TP  \T  T  Z?  CRristmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two 


There's  a  whole  lot  of  folks 

Think  a  whole  lot  of  you, 
And  here  is  a  greeting 

That's  shouting  "ME,  TOO!" 

Dr.  Dales :  Your  jolly,  whole-souled 
greeting  for  my  82nd  birthday  is 
characteristic  of  you  and  appreciat- 
ed by  me. 


BIRTHDAY   GREETINGS 

May  birthdays  bring  you  all  the  joys 

That  fame  and  fortune  hath 
And  all  your  future  travels  lead 

To  life's  most  flowery  path. 

To   Dr.   Owens-Adair,   with   many  happy  birthdays. 

From 

JOHN  AND  GRACE. 

To  John  and  Grace: 

I  hope  the  future  may  bring  you 

blessings  and  not  sorrow. 

Thanks   for   your   congratulations 

for  my  82nd  birthday. 


Letters  of  Congratulation 


Warrenton,  Ore.,  Feb.  2,  1922. 
Dear  Mama: 

Although  I  would  like  to  be  present  at  this  happy  time,  I  must  be 
satisfied  with  sending  a  little  birthday  greeting  of  good  wishes  and 
love  instead.  In  spite  of  the  fact  you  are  so  far  away,  I  know  your 
friends  are  thinking  of  you  and  surrounding  you  with  loving  thoughts 
in  place  of  their  presences  at  your  birthday  party.  Your  82nd  birth- 
day! It  should  be  one  of  the  happiest  you  have  ever  had,  as  it  means 
that  the  years  are  now  harvesting  the  crops  of  earlier  experiences. 

This  anniversary  finds'  you  eagerly  working  in  your  book,  and  I 
sincerely  hope  when  your  next  birthday  rolls  around  it  will  find  your 
work  accomplished  and  your  hopes  fulfilled.  While  I  wish  you  were 
here,  I  find  joy  in  knowing  that  you  are  in  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
spots  in  the  United  States.  Sunshine  and  flowers  should  be  a  happy 
inspiration  for  your  work.  And  it  is  indeed  fortunate  that  you  have 
made  it  possible  for  yourself  to  enjoy  such  a  beautiful  climate  and 
country. 

I  do  wish  that  I  might  be  with  you  on  this  day  of  days,  at  least 
so  we  could  have  a  nice  long  talk. 

You  know,  mama,  I  am  not  the  writer  that  you  are,  so  you  must 
let  these  few  words  try  to  express  the  love  I  am  sending  you  today. 

May  your  birthdays  to  come  be  many  and  bright,  is  the  wish  of 

Your  daughter, 

HATTIE. 
This  is  one  of  the  best  of  daughter- 
in-laws — truest    and    most    faithful. 
She  is  beloved  by  all. 


Dear  Doctor: 

We  are  glad  you  are  in  the  sunny  south  during  all  this  cold 
weather. 

Hoping  you  are  favored  with  the  best  of  health  and  that  you  will 
enjoy  many  more  happy  birthdays,  we  are 

Affectionately  yours, 

LILLrlE  AND  TOM. 
February  seventh.  (Mr.  and  Mrs.  O'Neill) 

Lillie,  dear  Lillie,  what  endearing 
memories  of  long  ago  your  name 
brings  back  to  me.  Thanks  for  the 
love  from  you  and  Tom. 


A       SOUVENIR  Ctaistmas  Nmeteen  Twentytwo 


Page  Fifty 


Astoria,  Ore.,  Jan.   19,   1922. 
Deaj"  Doctor  Owens-Ad  *r. 

Friend  o'  Mine:  Greetings  from  home.  And  congratulations  on 
whatever  birthday  anniversary  this  may  be.  We  miss  you  and  hope 
you  may  turn  north  with  the  sun  and  that  soon  we  shall  see  you  again 
in  our  midst. 

To  the  people  assembled  let  me  say:  "Dr.  Adair  is  Oregon's  'grand 
young  woman.'  No  use  arguing  with  her,  for  she  knows  what  she's 
talking  about  and  can  most  surely  speak  for  herself.  We  all  love  her 
and  honor  her  and  are  proud  of  her.  Whatever  she  says  is  'our 
sentiments.'  " 

Very  sincerely, 
Her  pastor, 

*       WM.  L.  GILBERT. 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  Astoria,  Oregon. 

This  letter  needs  no  comments.  It 
speaks  for  itself.  It  shows  a  man 
with  a  nerve,  a  heart  and  a  brain. 
Hundreds  of  fathers  and  mothers  of 
Oregon  love  Chaplain  Gilbert.  He 
took  their  sons  across  the  sea.  The 
title  of  ''Chaplain''  will  stick  to  him 
rather  than  that  of  ''Major"  which 
his  country  bestowed  upon  him  for 
valuable  services. 


Warrenton,   Ore.,  Feb.   2,   1922. 
My  Dear  Friend: 

My  congratulations,  however  though  late,  wants  nothing  of  the 
warmth  which  the  earliest  was  accompanied.  And  I  wish  for  you 
many  happy  returns  of  the  day. 

I  did  not  want  to  escape  your  memory,  so  thought  I  would  send 
you  a  line  on  your  birthday.  We  hope  to  see  you  back  to  Warrenton 
in  the  near  future — well  and  happy. 

With  love  and  best  wishes, 

ANNA  McGUIRE. 

Another  Red  Cross  friend.  Yes,  we 
we  shall  never  forget  how  we  came 
with  our  baskets  full.  But  no  white 
bread.  The  men  came  and  paid  for 
their  lunch.  And  how  we  worked 
for  the  boys  and  the  poor  Belgian 
children. 


<*"^'"»|,^'e"liftyjnr"'''''"°  A       SOUVENIR 

Ill:llll!lllllllillllllllllllllll!llllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll^ 

Yakima,  Wash. 
Dr.  B.  A.  Owens-Adair, 
Paso  Robles,  Calif. 

My  Dear  Doctor: 

I  have  your  letter  mentioning  among  other  things  the  surprise 
that  was  given  you  by  friends  on  your  attaining  your  eighty-second 
birthday.  I  wish  I  might  have  been  there  to  have  voiced  my  apprecia- 
tion of  you  and  your  work.  It  is  gratifying  to  all  of  us  that  you  are 
so  much  interested  in  and  alive  to  the  things  of  today,  and  it  is  that 
which  keeps  you  young  in  heart  and  mind. 

You  speak  of  returning  north  soon.  Let  me  remind  you  the  north 
still  thinks  it  is  winter.  We  have  had  continuous  cold  with  more  or 
less  snow  for  more  than  three  months.  We  are  all  hoping  spring  will 
come  so  the  farmers  can  do  their  plowing  and  other  work  that  is 
necessary  to  be  done  before  the  spring  is  too  far  advanced.  I  enclose 
draft  on  San  Francisco  for  the  $50.00  check  you  enclosed  in  your 
letter. 

Mrs.  Steinweg  joins  me  in  best  wishes  to  you. 

Sincerely  yours, 

W.  L.  STEINWEG. 

Feby.  28,   1922. 

Mr.  Steinweg  is  at  the  head  of  a 
large  banking  business.  From  the 
highest  to  the  lowest  know  and  re- 
spect him.  He  married  a  worthy 
woman,  a  widow  with  a  large  family. 
He  has  endeared  himself  to  every 
member  of  the  family  who  love  and 
appreciate  his  worth.  I  have  known 
him  for  twenty-three  years,  and  I 
feel  honored  to  know  that  I  am 
counted  as  his  friend.    ' 


Thirty-First  Legislative  Assembly, 
Senate  Chamber,  Salem,  Ore. 
February  2,  1922. 
Mr.  O.  B.  Whitmore, 

Box  688,  Paso  Robles,  Calif. 
Dear  Sir: 

I  am  reminded  that  February  7th  is  the  birthday  anniversary  of 
Doctor  Owens-Adair.  I  understand  that  Doctor  Adair  is  now  in  Paso 
Robles,  and  that  some  of  her  friends  expect  to  meet  her  on  that 
occasion.     I  have  no  doubt  that  many  kind  things  will*  be  said  of  her 


A         ^DTJl/Jil7\IT7?  Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two 

-n       KjKyuVUiyilX,  Page  Fifty-two 


long  and  useful  career.-  I  wish  to  add  my  congratulations,  and  ask 
that  you  express  to  her  the  felicitations  of  myself  and  family. 

The  people  of  Oregon  are  not  unmindful  of  the  great  service  that 
she  has  done  in  the  state,  for  it  was  she  who  conceived  the  idea  of 
the  sterilization  law  now  on  the  statute  books  of  this  state,  and  it  was 
Doctor  Adair  who,  with  that  determination  for  which  she  is  noted, 
followed  the  bill  through  the  Legislature  and  was  its  constant  com- 
panion until  finally  signed. 

I  believe  there  is  a  growing  tendency  to  give  due  credit  to  a  suc- 
cessful career  during  the  lifetime  of  the  one  entitled  to  it,  rather  than 
wait  until  death  overtakes  them.  I  am  pleased  indeed  that  you  and 
her  friends  in  Paso  Robles  are  conscious  of  this  new  spirit,  and  I  have 
no  doubt  she  will  be  the  recipient  of  many  kind  expressions  of  appre- 
ciation of  her  work. 

I  sincerely  trust  that  she  will  live  many  years  to  enjoy  the  well 
wishes  of  her  friends,  and  the  reflected  lights  of  her  successful  career. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

W.  W.  BANKS. 

Senator  Banks  is  a  man  of  conse- 
quence. He  is  an  able  attorney,  has 
served  his  state  in  the  Legislature 
for  many  years.  He  is  a  man  **to 
tie  to." 


Tilton,  Wash.,  Feb.  1.  1922. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair, 

Paso  Robles,  Calif. 
Dear  Friend: 

It  was  very  kind  of  Mr.  Whitmore  to  invite  me  to  your  birthday 
party.  I  certainly  appreciate  his  thoughtfulness  and  assure  you 
nothing  would  give  me  more  pleasure  than  to  be  there.  But  as  dis- 
tance forbids,  I  send  my  hearty  congratulations  and  best  wishes  for 
many  happy  returns  of  the  day.  May  this  day  spent  with  friends  in 
the  hills  and  beautiful  climate  of  California  bring  joy  to  you  and  be 
one  more  mile  stone  in  your  life  long  to  be  remembered. 

Not  many  are  privileged  to  celebrate  so  many  mile  stones  in  their 
journey  through  life,  but  you,  dear  friend,  have  earned  that  privilege. 
Your  undaunted  spirit  and  active  life  in  the  service  of  humanity  have 
kept  you  young,  strong  and  vigorous. 

Your  life  has  been  one  heroic  struggle,  not  only  for  your  own 
mental  and  spiritual  growth,  but  for  humanity  as  well.  And  like  the 
sturdy  oak  standing  alone  with  its  roots  firmly  planted  in  the  ground 
and  its  branches  spread  to  the  wind,  you  have  stood  alone  and  grown 
stronger  with  every  wind  of  adversity. 

As  physician,  tteacher  and  author,  you  have  accomplished  much.  You 
have  seen  all  phases  of  life.     You  have  touched  humanity  at  all  points. 


Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two  A         ^  H  TJ  J/  7^  7\I  7  T? 

Page  Fifty-three  -^       OKJUVILilMin 

fllllllllillillllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllUlllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliilllllllllllilH 

The  rich  and  the  poor,  the  high  and  the  low,  the  educated  and  the 
ignorant.  You  know  humanity's  needs,  its  weaknesses  and  its  short- 
comings, and  because  of  this  fact  you  are  now  engaged  in  the  crowning 
glory  of  your  life's  work  in  the  world  which  is  destined  to  lift  the 
burden  of  society  and  usher  in  a  stronger  and  healthier  race.  When 
we  stop  the  propagation  of  the  feeble  minded,  criminal  and  insane  by 
a  rational  process  we  are  surely  on  the  highway  to  a  better  race. 

Yes,  the  day  is  coming  when  your  work  will  be  honored  and  appre- 
ciated not  only  in  your  state  and  in  mine,  but  in  this  whole  country, 
and  in  other  lands.  May  God  speed  the  day  when  ignorance,  prejudice 
and  opposition  will  give  place  to  reason,  fearlessness  and  intelligence. 

May  you  live  to  see  your  labors  crowned  with  success.  This  is  the 
wish  of 

Your  friend, 

ANNIE  C.  CALDWELL. 

Beautiful  thoughts  from  such  a  friend 
are  soothing  and  refreshing. 


Dear  Doctor  Owens-Adair: 

I  cannot  let  you  go  away  from  Paso  Robles,  where  for  a  season  we 
have  been  sojourners,  without  expressing,  though  inadequately,  my 
profound  respect  for  you  and  my  appreciation  of  the  encouragement 
and  help  you  have  so  generously  given  me  and  many  others. 

Though  our  acquaintance  has  been  brief,  it  has  revealed  to  me  the 
courageous  hearted  woman  who,  in  spite  of  so  many  and  so  great 
obstacles,  has  forged  her  way  into  the  front  rank  of  the  world's 
helpers.  May  you  live  to  see  the  reforms  you  have  labored  for  so  long 
bearing  their  rich  returns  in  the  larger  welfare  of  humanity. 

The  path  of  the  pioneer  is  ever  one  of  hardship;  it  is  also  a  path 
of  splendid  and  far  reaching  blessing  to  the  work. 

I  count  myself  happy  indeed  to  have  met,  talked  with  and  known 
you  whose  life  has  been  devoted  to  such  high  endeavors,  and  whose 
reward  will  be  the  crown  which  awaits  those  -who  have  lived  for  the 
good  of  others. 

Most  sincerely  yours, 

LEON  D.  BLISS. 
Paso  Robles,  California, 
March  6,  1922. 

r  greatly  appreciate  the  friendship 
of  Rev.  Bliss,  the  beloved  pastor  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church  of 
Paso  Robles,  California. 


A    SOUVENIR  ^"^'TaSraTAluT'"''"'' 

iiiyiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu'Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin^ 

Astoria,  Ore.,  Jan.  27,  1922. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair,  * 

Paso  Robles,  Calif. 

Dear  Doctor: 

My  imagination  carries  me  back  to  February  7th,  1840,  in  Van 
Buren  County,  Missouri,  to  an  anticipation  realized  by  Thomas  and 
Sarah  Owens,  the  usual  prospective  of  a  parental  love,  as  to  whether 
it  would  be  a  male  supporter  of  the  laws  of  Missouri,  or  whether  it 
would  be  one  of  the  creators  of  love  and  motherhood — a  parental 
strife  as  to  whether  father  was  to  receive  an  arm  of  support  or  mother 
an  opportunity  to  relinquish  some  of  her  household  obligations.  Little 
did  father  or  mother  realize  that  on  this  morning  there  was  born  a 
child  who  during  the  coming  82  years  would  wield  an  influence  in 
the  cause  of  temperance,  health  preservation,  domestic  harmony  and 
sane  legislation  that  would  make  a  record  for  her  never  surpassed,  and 
equaled  only  under  few  circumstances. 

My  imagination  leads  me  to  the  prattling  babe  of  three  years  of 
age  in  the  emigrant  wagon  crossing  the  plains  with  her  parents  entirely 
unaware  that  at  the  end  of  that  journey  would  place  her  in  a  com- 
munity for  which  her  life's  work  would  be  a  benefactor  to  all  with 
whom  she  came  in  contact. 

I  see  her  studious  in  her  school,  vivacious  in  her  romps  as  a  girl 
of  teens  in  the  potato  patch  on  Clatsop  Plains:  then  comes  the  disap- 
pointments in  a  young  life  in  the  anticipations  of  domestic  happiness, 
but  capable  of  rising  above  all  indifferences  to  that  plane  for  which 
she  was  born  in  the  sense  of  higher  education  and  honest  duty  toward 
mankind,  never  relaxing  in  energy  from  the  rebuffs  of  lack  of  popular- 
ity of  education  along  medical  lines  by  her  sex.  Enthused  with  a 
desire  for  her  educational  preparation  to  serve  mankind  as  she  desired, 
as  given  to  the  State  of  Oregon  and  in  fact  every  state  in  the  Union, 
an  idea  of  better  legislation,  and  who  knows  but  what  the  same  incent- 
ive may  be  reflected  to  every  nation  in  the  world? 

Doctor  Owens-Adair,  I  am  proud  to  be  counted  one  among  your 
Wosts  of  friejnds  who  are  able  to  count  you  at  your  full  worth,  and 
today  greet  you  on  your  82nd  birthday  with  a  full  sense  of  appreciation 
and  gratitude  that  a  life  so  useful  as  that  of  yours  has  been  given  to 
the  people. 

I  wish  you  health,  happiness  and  prosperity  on  this  day  and  many 
others  of  its  like. 

Very  respectfully  yours, 

E.  B.  HUGHES. 

My  appreciation  of  this  letter  is  not 
easily  expressed.  It  consoles  me  and 
it  fills  me  with  hope  and  courage, 
and  inspires  me  with  a  new  determ- 
ination to  push  on  and  on.  Thanks 
for  this  beautiful  letter. 


''^"'*"  Pa^l'Mn' fT^e'"''^'*'''  A      SOUVENIR 


Toronto,  Ont.,  Jan.  30,  1922. 
Dear  Doctor  Adair: 

You  will  remember  just  nineteen  years  ago  this  coming  June  you 
brought  my  son,  Beryl,  into  this  world  in  the  city  of  North  Yakima. 

In  papa's  last  letter  he  told  me  you  were  to  have  a  birthday  the 
seventh  of  February,  so  I  am  writing  you  just  a  little  word  of  greeting. 

May  God  give  you  many,  many  more  happy  days  and  send  you  many 
years  of  sunshine;  also  that  this,  thq  eighty-second  year  of  your  life 
shall  change  all  your  griefs  and  troubles  into  love  and  joy.  God 
bless  and  keep  jou  all  through  the  evening  of  your  life.  I  think  old 
age  is  a  most  beautiful  thing  and  then,  of  course,  one  is  only  old  as 
one  feels  you  know;  and  I  know  you  have  always  had  such  a  wonderful 
constitution,  so  that  you  have  so  much  to  be  thankful  for.  It  is  sure, 
unless  a  miracle  happens,  I  will  never  live  to  be  eighty-one  and  enjoy 
the  health  you  do.     So,  you  see,  you  are  very  fortunate. 

Wishing  you  every  happiness,  I  am 

MRS.  LENA  MAE  UFPORD, 
daughter  of  your  very  old  friends 

REV.  AND  MRS.  O.  B.  WHITMORB. 

How  well  do  I  remember  you  at  two 
and  three  years  as  a  sweet  little  girl. 
And  your  beautiful  mother.  And 
then  at  the  time  of  your  own  mother- 
hood. Then  you  were  in  grace  and 
beauty  like  your  own  dear  mother. 
May  Grod  bless  you  and  yours. 


Portland,  Ore.,  Feb.  7,  1922. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair, 

Paso  Robles,  Calif. 
My  Dear  Doctor: 

Across  the  space  I  stretch  my  hands  to  you  in  cordial  greetings  on 
this  your  eighty-second  birthday,  and  from  my  heart  echos  the  wish 
that  lies  nearest  and  dearest  within  you — may  every  hope  be  realized 
and  every  ambition  attained. 

Blessings  on  your  birthday,  and  gratitude  for  the  physical  strength 
that  permitted  you  to  keep  pace  with  your  keen  and  active  intellect. 

As  your  mind  travels  back  over  the  vista  of  years  and  memory 
recalls  the  many  days  of  struggle  and  sometimes  sorrow,  the  spirit 
of  the  conqueror  must  count  the  successes  that  followed  you  through 
all.     Your  pluck  and  determination  brought  its  own  reward. 

Throughout  the  northwest  there  are  many  to  call  you  blessed  and 
speak  your  name  with  reverence,  but  beyond  all  this  is  the  great  and 


A       SOUVENIR  ChrUtma.  Nineteen  Twenty-twb 


Page  Fifty-six 


good   work  you   have   launched   for   the   benefit   of  all   mankind,   and 
future  generations  shalfgive  you  full  credit  and  honor. 

Save  all  possible  time  and  strength  for  your  Portland  visit,  for  as 
alumni  of  the  same  Alma  Mater,  we  will  have  a  talkfest  such  as  never 
was,  though  tears  and  laughter  mingle. 

With  all  good  wishes  and  kindest  regards, 

Sincerely, 

ELLA  K.  DEARBORN, 
University  of  Michigan  1888. 
"I  pray  the  prayer  the  Easterns  do, 
May  the  peace  of  Allah  abide  with  you. 
Wherever  you  stay,  wherever  you  go, 
May  the  beautiful  palms  of  Allah  grow. 
Through  the  days  of  labor  and  nights  of  rest, 
May  the  love  of  Allah  make  you  blest. 
So  I  touch  my  heart  as  the  Easterns  do; 
May  the  peace  of  Allah  abide  with  you." 

Here  is  a  physician.  She  and  I  drank 
at  the  same  fountain-head — the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan — and  are  co- 
workers. She  is  a  writer,  and  her 
pen  is  sharp — far  ahead  of  the  times. 
She  is  helping  to  turn  the  crank  that 
will  grind  out  the  new  gospel  of 
eugenics,  which  is  to  save  our  nation. 


Portland,  Ore.,  Jan.   30,  1922. 
Dear  Dr.  Owens-Adair: 

This  is  one  of  the  big  occasions  that  come  rarely  in  a  lifetime. 
That  it  should  be  my  privilege  to  congratulate  humanity  in  general 
and  myself  in  particular,  that  we  have  among  us  so  rare  a  personality 
as  yourself,  and  I  count  myself  as  among  the  fortunate  ones  that  I 
have  been  admitted  into  your  circle  of  friends. 

It  is  not  given  to  the  average  mortal  to  be  able  to  do  the  big 
things — the  fundamental  things — the  things  which  require  wonderful 
courage — that  have  been  the  result  of  your  loyalty  and  faith  in  the 
ideals  which  make  for  a  better  world  on  this  earth. 

You  have  dreamed  your  dream,  and  are  seeing  it  realized — that 
blessing  is  not  given  to  many  of  us.  When  I  think  of  the  ridicule, 
the  contemptuous  sneers  of  the  ignorant,  and  of  the  malicious  attacks 
through  which  your  courageous  spirit  has  gone  since  you  first  gave  to 
the  State  of  Oregon  the  truth  in  the  sterilization  law,  I  find  myself 
honoring  anew  the  woman  who  dared,  when  so  many  of  us  faltered 
by  the  way. 


Christmas  Nineteen  Twenty-two  A         ^^DTIVFIT^fTJ? 

Page  Fifty-seven  -^       kJ  \y  U    V   ±J  1\  1  IV 


m 

May   I    pledge    to    you    anew    my    sincere    devotion    and    whatever 
strength  I  may  have  to  the  future  success  of  your  work,  and  may  you 
be  spared  to  us  many  years  longer  as  our  leader. 
With  affectionate  personal  regards,  I  am 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

MILLIE  R.  TRUMBULL. 

A  woman  with  an  open  hand  and  a 
ready  pen.  If  you  know  her  you  will 
value  her.    I  know  her  well. 


Oregon   State  Library, 
Salem,  Ore.,  Feb.  7,  1922. 

Greetings  to  Dr.  Adair  on  Her  eighty-second  birthday! 

A  year  ago  this  day  she  was  the  honor  guest  of  the  business  and 
professional  women  of  Salem,  and  she  told  them  the  story  of  her 
struggle  for  professional  freedom  in  this  state.  We  believe  her  to  be 
Oregon's  greatest  woman  and  our  most  distinguished  and  useful 
citizen. 

It  is  true  that  the  struggle  for  recognition  of  her  scientific  and 
sociological  work  is  not  ended,  but  she  has  the  courage  to  carry  it  on 
and  the  ability  to  educate  the  people  of  a  state.  Oregon  has  responded 
splendidly  to  Dr.  Adair's  leadership  in  the  matter  of  sterilization  of 
the  unfit  and  the  improvement  of  the  race  and  of  society  by  measures 
suggested  by  the  results  of  American  research.  Many  hundreds  of 
people  in  Oregon  will  be  glad  to  greet  Dr.  Adair  on  her  birthday. 

CORNELIA  MARVIN. 

This  is  a  woman  to  whom  Oregon 
pays  homage.  She  is  my  friend.  I 
honor  her  and  can  trust  her  because 
I  know  she  is  dependable. 


Warrenton,  Feb.  3. 
My  Dearly  Loved  Doctor  Adair: 

Mother  and  I  are  sending  you  lots  of  love  and  good  wishes  for 
your  birthday,  and  hope  you  may  have  many  more  years  with  all  your 
friends. 

Lovingly  yours, 

CARRIE  LESTER. 

My  friend  made  doubly  so  by  your 
honored  husband,  Senator  Lester, 
who  supported  my  sterilization  bill 
in  the  Legislature  of  1911. 


A    SOUVENIR  <"'"''°'|?Ji°,?i'frXTr'^-'"° 


Page  Fifty-eight 


Portland  Public  Schools, 
%        Administrative  Offices,  Court  House, 
Portland,  Ore.,  Jan.  30,  1922. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair, 

c-o  O.  B.  Whitmore, 

Paso  Robles,  California. 
Dear  Doctor: 

Permit  us  to  felicitate  you  on  the  82nd  anniversary  of  your  birth- 
day on  the  7th  of  February.  We  rejoice  with  you  that  you  have  been 
spared  for  so  many  years  and  have  availed  yourself  of  the  opportunity 
to  be  a  big  factor  in  the  betterment  of  humanity. 

When  one  reviews  your  great  accomplishments,  he  should  be  glad 
to  know  you  as  a  friend  who  is  very  worthwhile.  Your  whole  life  has 
been  against,  what  to  many  people,  would  be  considered  unsurmounta- 
ble  obstacles.  Not  so  with  you.  The  Jorces  against  which  you  strove 
seemed  only  to  inspire  you  to  greater  efforts.  In  fact,  I  think  you 
thrive  best  when  you  meet  the  most  active  opposition. 

Our  sincere  wish  is  that  you  may  be  spared  for  many  more  years 
and  be  able  to  fight  with  the  vigor  and  success  that  you  have  mani- 
fested for  many  years  past. 

Rejoicing  with  you  again  that  you  have  gained  your  82nd  milestone 
and  are  still  doing  valiant  service  for  the  work  you  have  undertaken, 
I  remain 

Sincerely  yours, 

D.  A.  GROUT, 
Superintendent. 

Here  is  a  man  whom  I  honor  and 
lov.e  for  his  many  superior  qualities. 
As  husband,  father,  friend  and  teach- 
er, I  have  never  seen  him  excelled. 
His  wife  and  children  idolize  him, 
and  his  friends  have  faith  in  him. 
For  years  when  I  have  wanted  advice 
I  have  gone  to  Prof.  Grout.  It  was 
always  freely  given  and  appreciated. 
When  in  trouble,  what  a  comfort ! 


State  of  Oregon  Senate  Chamber, 
Portland,  Ore.,  Jan.  24,  1922. 
Dr.  Owens-Adair, 

Paso  Robles,  Calif. 

My  Dear  Doctor: 

I  am  writing  to  you  congratulations  on  this  your  82nd  anniversary 
of  your  birth.  May  the  sun  shine  on  many  many  more  such  L-nni- 
versaries,  and  may  your  health  continue  in  excellent  condition,  that 


Christinas  Nineteen  Twenty-two  .  A         ^DTIVTilMTP 

Page  Fifty-nine  '^       kJ  \y  U     V   I^  1^  1  li^ 

lll!illlillllllllllllli:illllllllllllliilll!llllllllllllillllllillllillllllllllllllllllllllllililllllllllllllllillillllll!i!lillliil!!lllllllillllilin 

your  noble  work,  so  well  begun  by  you  and  thus  far  so  successfully 
carried  out,  be  long  continued. 

Doctor,  I  am  more  and  more  convinced  as  I  note  the  results  of  this 
your  life-work,  that  the  same  will  be  the  salvation  of  the  race,  if 
universally   adopted    and   maintained. 

We  are  having  some  little  trouble  in  our  penitentiary  at  present, 
but  I  feel  sure  the  supreme  court  will  uphold  your  law,  and  the 
benefits  derived  from  its  execution  be  heralded  far  and  wide — that 
the  same  may  be  universal. 

My  wife  joins  me  in  extending  to  you  our  heartiest  best  wishes 
for  "many  of  them." 

Sincerely  yours, 

ROBERT  S.  FARRELL. 

P.  S.     My  mother  will  be  80  on  Feb.  10th. 

And  here  is  my  firm  and  faithful 
friend  who  has  stood  by  me,  talked, 
worked  and  voted  for  every  measure 
that  I  have  had  in  the  Oregon  Legis- 
lature from  1907  to  1922  —  never 
turning  and  never  flinching.  Such 
are  the  men  our  country  needs  and  . 
such  men  will  America  have  when 
she  has  protected  herself  from  de- 
generacy. 


Casa  Loma,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 
7th  of  Febr.,  1922. 
To  Our  Grandmother: 

In  our  endeavor  to  form  an  expression  of  love  on  this  occasion,  we 
find  our  minds  drifting  into  channels  of  the  future. 

Our  only  wish  is,  that  in  years  to  come  our  endeavors  may  prove 
as  successful  as  yours,  and  that  we,  too,  may  regard  our  eighty-second 
birthday  only  as  an  anniversary  of  achievement  rather  than  a  mile- 
stone of  years. 

Not  only  do  we  wish  to  express  our  sentiments  of  affection  at  this 
time,  but  also  our  appreciation  for  the  incentive  you  furnish  us. 

Though  each  succeeding  year  has  brought  forth  ever  increasing 
demands  upon  your  time  and  ability — and  the  years  to  come  will 
doubtless  be  even  more  insistent,  now  that  you  are  fairly  launched 
upon  your  chosen  work — but,  judging  from  your  accomplishments  in 
past  years,  we  are  confident  your  future  years  will  be  even  more 
brilliant. 


A       SOUVENIR       '  Christmas  XmeteenTwenty.two 

Ili;illl!lilllllllllllllllllllllllllill!llllllli!lllllllil{||ll!llllllllllllllllillililllilllllllllllllllllllllll!llll!lllin 

So  at  this  time  we  ara  sending  you  thoughts  of  love,  as  are  many- 
others,  and  regret  that  we  can  do  so  little  in  smoothing  your  pathway 
to  the  summit  of  your  aspirations. 
Most  affectionately, 

Your  grandchildren, 
VERA  OWENS  AND  RAY  ALLISON  HESS. 

Here  is  my  only  granddaughter  and 
her  good  husband — ''Vera  and  Ray." 
To  them,  what  shall  I  say?  What  any 
grandmother  with  love  in  her  heart 
would  say:  Be  loyal  ta  each  other 
to  the  end.  And  strive  each  day 
with  a  determination  to  assist  in 
making  the  world  better.  This  is  the 
road  to  happiness,  and  if  persisted 
in  will  round  out  your  lives,  making 
your  last  days  your  best  days.  May 
God  help  you  to  do  your  duty. 


State  of  Oregon  Executive  Department, 

Salem,  Jan.  16,  1922. 
My  Dear  Dr.  Adair: 

I  am  pleased  to  be  one  who  is  given  an  opportunity  to  lend  his  small 
tribute  to  you  upon  your  82nd  birthday.  The  people  of  Oregon  have  a 
high  regard  for  Dr.  Owens- Adair.  We  all  sincerely  trust  she  may  live 
to  see  many  more  happy  and  useful  birthdays. 

Most  sincerely, 

BEN  W.  OLCOTT, 


Governor  of  Oregon. 


Dr.  Owens-Adair, 

Mother  of  Sterilization  Bill, 
Paso  Robles,  California. 

When  I  was  in  the  Legislature  with 
my  marriage  bill  Gov.  Olcott  said, 
''Doctor,  when  you  get  tired,  come 
into  my  office  and  have  a  soft  seat." 
On  Feb.  19,  1921,  I  sat  trembling, 
listening  to  the  arguments  pro  and 
con  and  trying  to  count  the  votes  on 
my  fingers.  When  it  was  over  I  knew 
I  had  won.  I  staggered  into  the  Gov- 
ernor's office.  He  met  me  with  a 
smile  and  gave  me  a  soft  seat. 


Christmas  NmeteenTwenty.two  A       SOUVENIR 


Page  Sixty-one 

flll!ll!:!!ll! 


Portland,  Ore.,  Feb.  8,  1922. 
Mr.  O.  B.  Whitmore, 

Paso  Robles,  Calif.  ' 

My  Dear  Mr.  Whitmore: 

I  am  sorry  that  I  happened  to  be  away  when  your  letter  came, 
consequently  was  mislaid  and  I  did  not  have  the  pleasure  of  sending  a 
word  of  greeting  on  the  occasion  of  Dr.  Owens-Adair's  eighty-second 
birthday.  Will  you  extend  to  her  my  cordial  greetings  and  best 
wishes.  She  is  a  wonderful  woman  and  has  done  a  wonderful  work; 
and,  as  time  goes  on,  the  public  will  recognize  more  and  more  what 
she  has  overcome  and  what  she  has  accomplished. 

Cordially  yours, 

FRED  LOCKLEY. 

A  friend  in  need  is  a  friend  indeed, 
and  should  be  prized  far  above  gold. 
Mr.  Lockley  has  a  gifted  pen  and  a 
fertile  brain  and  he  is  always  ready 
and  willing  to  serve  for  the  uplift 
of  humanity. 


Portland,  Ore.,  Feb.  9,  1922. 
Mr.  O.  B.  Whitmore, 

Box  688,  Paso  Robles,  Calif. 
Dear  Sir: 

Upon  my  return  to  the  office  I  find  your  letter  of  recent  date  with 
reference  to  the  banquet  to  be  given  Dr.   Owens-Adair   and   I   regret 
exceedingly  that  owing  to  my  absence  I  was  not  in  a  position  to  meet 
the  request  in  time  to  have  it  serve  its  purpose. 
Please  extend  to  the  Doctor  my  best  wishes. 

Sincerely  yours, 

OSWALD  WEST, 

In,  1913  Oswald  West  was  governor 
of  Oregon.  He  signed  my  steriliza- 
tion bill  with  a  quill  pen  which  I 
brought  him.  He  said,  ''Now,  doc- 
tor, I  will  do  what  I  have  never  done ; 
I  will  ask  you  to  witness  your  bill. 
And  now  carry  it  to  Secretary  Olcott 
for  his  signature,  and  don't  forget 
to  bring  it  back.''  That  was  one  of 
the  happiest  hours  of  my  life. 


A    SOUVENIR  °'"^'"p\gi¥ur-tTr'''''''"" 

iiiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiKiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiin^ 

National  Research  Council, 
1701  Massachusetts  Ave.,  Washington,  D,  C, 

19  January,  1922. 
Dr.  B.  A.  Owens, 

Paso  Robles,  Calif. 
My  Dear  Long-time  Friend: 

I  will  not  say  old  friend,  although  I  will  admit  that  it  has  been 
a  long  time  since  I  saw  you  "in  the  flesh,"  and  I  dare  say  you  will 
remember  the  interesting  time  we  had  in  reducing  your  corpulency. 

I  am  glad  to  learn  from  friends  that  you  are  carrying  on  a  good 
work,  and  I  wish  to  congratulate  you  on  it.  This  note  is  simply  for 
the  one  purpose  of  saying  to  you  that  I  have  most  pleasant  remem- 
brances of  the  past  and  best  wishes  for  the  future,  which  I  hope  will 
be  long  for  you. 

Your  old  friend, 

V.  C.  VAUGHAN, 

Prof.  Vaughan  is  truly  a  great  man, 
but  he  is  as  modest  as  he  is  great. 
He  was  the  Dean  of  the  University  of 
Michigan  for  years.  He  is  now  the 
head  of  the  National  Research  Coun- 
cil. I  looked  him  up  in  **Who^s 
Who/'  which  gave  me  a  thrill.  He 
has  raised  five  boys.  Every  one  of 
them  went  overseas  under  the  stars 
and  stripes  and  proved  their  worth. 
Another  proof  of  heredity. 


Warrenton,  Ore.,  Feb.   3,  1922. 
Dear  Doctor: 

Let  me  be  among  the  many  friends  who  are  congratulaing  you  on 
your  birthday. 

Wishing  you  many  happy  returns  of  the  day,  I  am 

Sincerely, 

ANNA  M.  SMITH. 

Another  Red  Cross  friend — our  cap- 
tain— whom  we  all  loved  to  obey. 
She  was  always  on  deck  and  greeted 
us  with  a  smile. 


<ari.tm;as  Nineteen  Twenty-two  ^       SOUVENIR 


Page  Sixty-three 


(From  Paso  Robles  Press  of  Feb.  7,  1922) 

BIRTHDAY  DINNER  GIVEN  NOTED  GUEST 

It  was  an  inspiration  as  well  as  a  pleasure  for  a  representative  of 
the  Press  to  be  permitted  to  attend  a  birthday  banquet  tendered 
Wednesday  in  honor  of  the  82nd  birthday  of  Dr.  B.  A.  Owens- Adair, 
the  first  practicing  woman  physician  in  the  Pacific  Northwest. 

The  dinner  was  held  in  the  dining  room  of  the  Paso  Robles  Hotel, 
and  owing  to  the  great  religious  and  reform  activity  of  this  remarkable 
woman,  it  was  attended  by  the  most  representative  members  of  the 
cloth  of  this  city. 

Those  present  included  Reverend  J.  Vincent  Jones,  Reverend  L.  O. 
Bostwick,  Reverend  E.  B.  Singer,  Rev.  W.  M.  Ford.  Reverend  O.  B. 
Whittemore,  associate  and  secretary  for  Doctor  Owens,  was  the  master 
of  ceremonies. 

Reverend  Whittemore  is  a  prominent  prohibition  worker  and  is 
the  author  of  "The  Saloon  Keeper's  Bible  and  Its  Answer."  Other 
guests  included  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  C.  Heaton,  Miss  Anna  Jones,  Mr.  J. 
Randall,  Mrs.  Thompson,  president  of  the  W.  C.  T.  U.,  and  F.  H.  Vore, 
representing  the  Paso  Robles  Press. 

Rev.  Whittemore  explained  the  occasion  of  the  dinner,  and  read  a 
number  of  letters  and  telegrams  of  congratulation  to  Doctor  Owens- 
Adair.  He  introduced  this  remarkable  woman  and  explained  briefly 
her  work  in  the  interests  of  the  betterment  of  the  race.  She  was 
responsible  for  the  passage  of  the  "sterilization  law"  for  degenerates 
and  criminals  in  Oregon,  and  has  made  this  her  work  for  many  years. 
She  has  written  and  worked  entirely  for  the  adoption  of  eugenic  and 
and  hygienic  laws  in  Oregon  as  well  as  in  other  states. 

The  doctor  explained  the  "sterilization''  law,  and  also  the  simple 
operation  which  was  required,  and  briefly  told  of  the  fact  that  it  was 
not  only  painless,  but  took  nothing  away  from  the  unfortunate  who 
was  subjected  to  it. 

It  was  indeed  a  pleasure  to  hear  this  lady,  born  in  1840,  explain  the 
difficulties  which  she  encountered  in  her  work  for  the  good  of 
humanity. 

A  beautiful  bouquet  of  flowers  was  presented  to  Doctor  Owens- 
Adair  by  the  guests  who  attended  the  dinner. 

Doctor  Owens-Adair  and  her  secretary,  Reverend  Whittemore,  will 
remain  in  Paso  Robles  for  about  two  weeks. 


Friend  of  my  youth,  maturity,  and  age, 
For  three  score  years  of  earthly  pilgrimage. 
Through  good  or  ill  report,  whate'er  betide, 
You  stood,  unfailing,  staunchly  at  my  side. 

And  now,  with  four  score  seasons  rounded  full 
Of  high  resolves,  and  strong  endeavor  to  uplift 
And  help  and  heal  mankind;  your  noble  goal 
In  glorious  sight  and  surely  hastening,  swift 

To  full  fruition,  be  it  mine  to  hail 
With  you,  it's  coming!     And  to  place 
The  wreath  of  fadeless  laurel  on  your  brow. 
No  knight  of  old  in  armored  coat  of  mail 

Deserveth  more.     Take  it  and  wear  it  now. 
Through  all  the  coming  years — and  may  they  be 
Another  score,  with  peace  and  honor  crowned. 
To  bless  and  light  your  life — a  matchless  century 
Of  tireless  energy  and  purpose  most  profound. 

It  well  may  be: 
"Why  even  Death  himself  stands  still, 
And  waits  an  hour,  sometimes, 
For  such  a  Will." 

Written  by  Mrs.  Inez  Parker  of  San  Diego,  California,  on  the 
occasion  of  my  eighty-second  birthday.  And  now,  my  friend  of 
three  score  years  and  more,  what  can  I  say  to  you  ?  Memory 
goes  back  to  our  girlhood,  full  of  faith  and  love  for  each  other. 
And  through  all  our  struggles  and  successes  never  has  there 
been  a  word  of  discord  between  us — and  never  can  be. 


14  DAY  USE 

HTTURN  TO  DESK  FROM  WHICH  BORROWED 

LOAN  DEPT. 

Tel.  No,  642-3405^ 
Renewals  may  be  made  4  days  I>"or  to  date  due. 
rISIwS  bo6ks  are  subjea  to  unmediate  recall. 


ip/'?/f7. 


i^ 


UPR     6'?^^ 


OCTSOW" 


■TOW 


MARTngar 


idim. 


REC5EI 


D^BY 


\ 


lEBjMlBBl 


j^pguLAnoN  ofc^'t. 


LD2lA-30m-lO,'73 
(R3728sl0)476— A-30 


General  Library     _ 
University  of  California 
BerkeJej- 


Photomount 

Pamphlet 

Binder 

Gaylord  Bros.,  Inc. 

fakers 

Stockton,  Calif. 

PAT.  JAN.  21.  1908 


880273 


THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA  UBRARY 


GENERAL  LIBRARY  -  U.C.  BERKELEY 


BDQQ6'^3233 


